Daran Kravanh is a Cambodian-American musician and politician. He is the leader of the

Khmer Anti-Poverty Party The Khmer Anti-Poverty Party ( km, គណបក្សខ្មែរឈប់ក្រ) is a Cambodian political party founded in September 2007. Its leader is Cambodian-American Daran Kravanh.Meas Sokchea and Sebastian Strangio. "Party profiles: ...

. He is since 2016 as well the President of the human rights NGO "Justice for Cambodia Committee". During several visits to Brussels in November and December 2017, he succeeded to convince the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

to vote on 14 December 2017 an urgent resolution on the human rights situation in Cambodia, asking among others that the EU Commission should prepare a list of individuals responsible for the dissolution of the opposition and other serious human rights violations with a view to imposing possible visa restrictions and asset freezes on them.

Early life

Kravanh was born in Pursat province. He grew up in a musical family and was an accordion player. While he was attending college, he was taken by

Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...

soldiers to be killed along with other students and intellectuals.

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