UNESCO Adds Former Khmer Rouge Prisons, Now Memorials, as Heritage Sites
People visit and pray at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center in Phnom Penh, May 20, 2025. Tuol Sleng, Choeung Ek Genocidal Center and the former M-13 prison were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in July 2025 as “Cambodian Memorial Sites: From Centers of Repression to Places of Peace and Reflection.”
People visit and pray at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center in Phnom Penh, May 20, 2025. Tuol Sleng, Choeung Ek Genocidal Center and the former M-13 prison were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in July 2025 as “Cambodian Memorial Sites: From Centers of Repression to Places of Peace and Reflection.”People visit and pray at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center in Phnom Penh, May 20, 2025. Tuol Sleng, Choeung Ek Genocidal Center and the former M-13 prison were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in July 2025 as “Cambodian Memorial Sites: From Centers of Repression to Places of Peace and Reflection.”People visit and pray at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center in Phnom Penh, May 20, 2025. Tuol Sleng, Choeung Ek Genocidal Center and the former M-13 prison were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in July 2025 as “Cambodian Memorial Sites: From Centers of Repression to Places of Peace and Reflection.”People visit and pray at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center in Phnom Penh, May 20, 2025. Tuol Sleng, Choeung Ek Genocidal Center and the former M-13 prison were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in July 2025 as “Cambodian Memorial Sites: From Centers of Repression to Places of Peace and Reflection.”
