Cambodia Day of Remembrance

In its desire to create an agrarian, Marxist-inspired utopia, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge evacuated Cambodia’s cities, dissolved family structures and attacked political opponents, ethnic minorities, and the country’s elite. Between 740,000 and 3,314,000 people are believed to have died by execution, torture, overwork, starvation and disease as a result of the Khmer reign.   The…

Mapping Mass Graves in Syria

On 8th December 2024, the Assad regime in Syria collapsed at the hands of an offensive by opposition forces Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army. Amid scenes of shock and jubilation, approximately 2,000 detainees held at the notorious Seydnaya prison outside Damascus emerged to a fundamentally changed Syria, whilst thousands crowded…

Guatemala – National Day of Dignity of Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict

With more than 200,000 victims of the internal armed conflict (1960-1996), including around 45,000 disappeared, the great majority at the hands of government forces, Guatemala has largely failed to address the issue of the Missing. For the families of the dead and the missing the prospect of achieving justice, including ascertaining the facts and circumstances…

Respect for Local Authority and Partnership in Researching Indigenous Mass Graves in Western Australia

The MaGPIE team acknowledges Aboriginal peoples of the distinct traditional lands and language groups of Western Australia as the Traditional Owners of the land upon which this research is based. We pay respect to Elders past and present and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned…