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| Kho Tararith (Photo: Im Sothearith, VOA) |
Contributed by: Wei Lai
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“If letters disappear, the nation will disappear. If letters are brilliant, the nation is brilliant. The level to which a government clamps down on writers is a barometer of a nation’s freedom.” – Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Vice President of International PEN (An advocacy group for the rights and freedoms of writers).
How, then does the wind blow in Cambodia? Here is the forecast from Tararith Kho, an International Writers Project Fellow at Brown University.
(The following is a paraphrased account based on my notes from a live translation by praCH)
“I come from a country where the government blocks foreign news sites and teachers instill fear on their pupils. When the group KI, an independent media group was founded, its writers were banned from Cambodia or banished to jail. Here are a few of their faces:”
Kho picks up a stack of papers from the table, and shows the faces of Cambodian writers who have gone missing. He solemnly reads their names and the room is silent.
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How, then does the wind blow in Cambodia? Here is the forecast from Tararith Kho, an International Writers Project Fellow at Brown University.
(The following is a paraphrased account based on my notes from a live translation by praCH)
“I come from a country where the government blocks foreign news sites and teachers instill fear on their pupils. When the group KI, an independent media group was founded, its writers were banned from Cambodia or banished to jail. Here are a few of their faces:”
Kho picks up a stack of papers from the table, and shows the faces of Cambodian writers who have gone missing. He solemnly reads their names and the room is silent.
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