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“I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.”

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Loung Ung is a Cambodian activist known for her advocacy in the fields of human rights and children's rights. Born in 1970, she endured hardships under the Khmer Rouge regime and later fled to the United States, where she became a writer and speaker. more

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