June 27th, 2009 | by Joel Takala | published in Asia, Portfolio
In Cambodia 1,7 million people died during the communist Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979 led by Pol Pot. Khmer Rouge organization carried out brutal executions and torture. The organization for example established Security Offices, torture centers, to all over Cambodia. The most famous of them is the Security Office (S-21) located at the downtown [...]
June 14th, 2009 | by Joel Takala | published in Asia, Portfolio
Sri Lanka’s army and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fighted against each other for over 25 years (since 1983). At May 2009 the LTTE lost the war and war ended. LTTE’s goal was to gain independency to the north and east of Sri Lanka. This didn’t happen. More than 70 000 Sri Lankan’s died [...]