After outcry, VICE removes images adding smiles to Khmer Rouge victims

VICE Removes Images Adding Smiles to Khmer Rouge Victims After Outcry

VICE removed the article and photos later on Sunday, saying they did not meet its editorial standards and it was investigating the matter.

Vice Removes Doctored Photos of Smiling Genocide Victims

Vice Media on Sunday removed an article featuring digitally altered photos of Cambodian genocide victims with smiles on their faces after complaints from the Cambodian government and a petition to demand an apology from the media organization.

‘Falsifying History’: ‘Altered’ Photos of ‘Smiling’ Cambodian Torture Victims Stir Row

US media group Vice on Friday published an interview with Ireland-based artist Matt Loughrey, who had colourised images of photos from the notorious Tuol Sleng S-21 torture prison in Phnom Penh, hailing the rule of agrarian-communist state’s leader Pol Pot, which is estimated to have killed around 1.7 million people.

Cambodians condemn Irish artist’s digitally altered photos of genocide victims

The prison, now the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, is believed to have executed some 20,000 Cambodians, while up to 2m people died under the Khmer Rouge ...

Cambodians condemn photo-editing of genocide victims

Cambodians who lost family during the Khmer Rouge genocide have condemned a decision to publish colourised images that featured victims of the genocide, with some apparently edited to add smiles to their faces.

Altered photos of Cambodian torture victims stir controversy

Cambodians on Monday continued to condemn an Irish photo restorer for altering photographs of victims of their country's 1970s genocide to show them smiling, saying his decision and that of an international media group to publish them showed horrible judgement.