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François Ponchaud

French missionary

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born: 1939
died: 2025
age at death: 85
known for: Catholic priest, translator, writer

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François Ponchaud was a French Catholic priest and missionary to Cambodia. He was best known for his documentation of the genocide which occurred under the Khmer Rouge (KR), and for being one of the first people to expose the human rights abuses being carried out at the time.

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