In recent years, several governors have gone as far as declaring moratoria on executions in their states, in some cases formalizing what had already been the rule in practice.
The combined effects of executions, forced labor, malnutrition, and poor medical care caused the deaths of approximately 25 percent of the Cambodian population.
The 1992 annual report by the same organization contains details of mass graves and investigations which suggest that mass executions had been carried out.
