Youk Chhang, Date of Birth

    

Youk Chhang

Cambodian human rights activist and film producer

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1961

Profession: human rights activist, film producer

Nationality: Cambodia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Youk Chhang

  • Youk Chhang (Khmer: ????? ??; born 22 January 1961) is the executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) and a survivor of the Khmer Rouge's killing fields.
  • He became DC-Cam’s leader in 1995, when the center was founded as a field office of Yale University’s Cambodian Genocide Program to conduct research, training and documentation relating to the Khmer Rouge regime.
  • Chhang continued to run the center after its inception as an independent Cambodian non-governmental organization in 1997 and is currently building on DC-Cam’s work to establish the Sleuk Rith Institute, a permanent hub for genocide studies in Asia, based in Phnom Penh.

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