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Cambodia

Cambodian Genocide Program
Yale University's Cambodian Genocide Program provides a massive collection of primary source documents, all of which is searchable. Included on the site is information on the Documentation Center of Cambodia, a non-profit international non-governmental organization established by Yale University's Cambodian Genocide Program (CGP) to facilitate training and field research in Cambodia related to CGP's mission and serves as a permanent institute for the study of topics related to the Khmer Rouge regime and as a resource to Cambodians and others who may wish to pursue legal redress for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity which may have been perpetrated under the Khmer Rouge regime. Also included are links to holocaust studies sites, legal information, and a chronology of events. The website is available in English, Khmer, German, and Thai. See also:

Cambodia Links
Cambodian-Auto Genocide Page
Chanrithy Him
Children of the River Research Project
Facing Death: Portraits from Cambodia's Killing Fields
Genocide in Cambodia and Laos
The Friends of Pol Pot
The Last Days of Cambodia
The Legacy of Pol Pot
Legacy of Pol Pot (Time magazine)

and

Short, Philip. Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare. New York: Henry Holt, 2005.

Dith Pran Holocaust Awareness Project
The Project was founded by Dith Pran, a Cambodian refugee whose war time story was portrayed in the movie, The Killing Fields. Dith Pran and Kim DePaul, Executive Director of the Project, aim to continue to educate American students about the Cambodian genocide which occurred from April 17th, 1975 to January 7th, 1979.

From Sideshow to Genocide: Stories of the Cambodian Holocaust
Andy Carvin's powerful multimedia online exhibit tells the story of the Cambodia, from the turn of the century to the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, focusing on the Cambodian Holocaust and reign of terror of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Survivors stories are told at the Wall of Remembrance and online resources relating to to Cambodia, the Vietnam, and holocaust studies are provided on the site.

Holy Smoke
LifeOnline, a multimedia initiative dealing with the impact of globalization, produced this documentary about the marketing of cigarettes in developing countries like Cambodia. Another documentary of interest is Stop the Traffick about child labor.

International Campaign to Ban Landmines
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines seeks an international ban on the use, production, stockpiling, and sale, transfer, or export of antipersonnel landmines; he signing, ratification, implementation, and monitoring of the mine ban treaty; Increased resources for humanitarian demining and mine awareness programs; and increased resources for landmine victim rehabilitation and assistance. Cambodia is one of the world's most heavily landmined countries. See also:

Cambodia Mine Action Centre
Cambodia: Victims of the Landmines
Hazardous Terrain
Land Mines: A Deadly Inheritance
The Legacy of Land Mines
Mines
A Plague of Plastic Soldiers: Landmines in Cambodia

For additional information on Cambodia, see also:

Andy Brouwer's Cambodia Tales
Beauty and Darkness: Cambodia, The Odyssey of the Khmer People
Cambodian Information Center
Cambodia Links
The CIA World Factbook: Cambodia (select Cambodia)
Country Study: Cambodia
Cyber Cambodia
Embassy of Cambodia (Washington, D.C.)
Internet Travel Guide: Cambodia
Peacebuilding in Cambodia
Post-Coup Cambodia: Relaxation or Further Repression?
The Sam Rainsy Party
Southeast Asia Online

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The Hmong

The Hmong People in the United States
Jeff Lindsay's website, also called The Hmong Tragedy, provides information on the background and history of the Hmong in Asia and America. Included is very useful background information and a large collection of web links.

WWW Hmong Homepage
The WWW Hmong Homepage brings together a collection of Internet-based
resources related to Hmong people, including news and current events,
issues, history, publications, and culture.

See also:

Hmong-Australian Resource Page
Hmong Cultural Center
Hmong National Development
Hmong Times
Resources About the Hmong for Teachers
WWW Hmong Homepage

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Laos

Lao Human Rights Council
The Wisconsin-based Lao Human Rights Council website provides background information on the Hmong and Lao people, documents, information on Hmong returnees in Thailand and Cambodia, U.S. policy toward Lao and Hmong returnees, and describes the activities of the Council on behalf of the Lao people.

For additional information on Laos, see:

Adventure Into Laos
The CIA World Factbook: Laos (select Laos)
Country Study - Laos
Embassy of Laos (Washington, D.C.)
Genocide in Cambodia and Laos
Internet Travel Guide: Laos
Laos Infosite
LaoLink
LaoNet
Vientiane Times