Cambodian genocide

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The Cambodian genocide was the mass killing and persecution of millions of Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol Pot between 1975 and 1979.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity
genocide
mass killing
politicide
aftermath diaspora of Cambodians
mass graves discovery
refugee crisis
trauma in Cambodian society
alsoKnownAs Khmer Rouge genocide
linked to: Cambodian genocide
causeOfDeath disease
execution
forced labor
starvation
commemoratedBy Cambodian Genocide Memorials
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
convictedLeaders Kaing Guek Eav
Khieu Samphan
Nuon Chea
country Cambodia
endedBy Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia
fall of Khmer Rouge regime
endEvent Vietnamese capture of Phnom Penh
establishment of People’s Republic of Kampuchea
endTime 1979
estimatedDeaths 1700000
2000000
ideology Khmer nationalism
Maoism
agrarian socialism
anti-intellectualism
anti-urbanism
ultra-Maoism
leaderOfPerpetrators Pol Pot
legalRecognition Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
United Nations-backed tribunals
location Choeung Ek
Democratic Kampuchea
Killing Fields
linked to: The Killing Fields

Phnom Penh
S-21 prison
linked to: Tuol Sleng prison

Tuol Sleng prison
partOf Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia
linked to: Khmer Rouge
perpetrator Khmer Rouge
policy abolition of markets
abolition of money
collectivization of agriculture
establishment of rural communes
forced evacuation of cities
mass imprisonment
purges within Khmer Rouge
reeducation
torture
relatedEvent Cambodian Civil War
U.S. bombing of Cambodia
Vietnam War
startTime 1975
targetedGroup Buddhist monks
Cambodian intellectuals
ethnic Cham Muslims
ethnic Chinese Cambodians
ethnic Thai Cambodians
ethnic Vietnamese
former government officials
professionals
royalists
suspected political opponents
urban residents
timePeriod 1970s

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Democratic Kampuchea notableEvent Cambodian genocide
Democratic Kampuchea responsibleFor Cambodian genocide
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army associatedWith Khmer Rouge genocide
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Pol Pot notableEvent Cambodian genocide
Khieu Samphan associatedWithEvent Cambodian genocide
Cambodia: Year One aboutEvent Cambodian genocide
First They Killed My Father mainSubject Cambodian genocide
Choeung Ek Genocide Center associatedEvent Khmer Rouge purges
subject linked to: Choeung Ek genocide center
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Swimming to Cambodia associatedWith Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Year Zero historicalContext Cambodian genocide
Maha Ghosananda survivedEvent Khmer Rouge genocide
linked to: Cambodian genocide
The Killing Fields mainSubject Cambodian genocide
Phnom Sampeau historicalEvent Khmer Rouge killings
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Cambodian genocide alsoKnownAs Khmer Rouge genocide
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Ta Mok associatedWithEvent Khmer Rouge regime atrocities
linked to: Cambodian genocide
President of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea historicalPeriod Cambodian genocide era
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Saloth Sar notableWork Cambodian genocide
Saloth Sar responsibleFor Cambodian genocide
Long Reth notableEvent Cambodian genocide
First They Killed My Father mainSubject Cambodian genocide
subject linked to: Loung Ung
Loung Ung survivedEvent Cambodian genocide
Bou Meng survivedEvent Cambodian genocide