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  1. 13 hours ago · The Cambodian genocide [a] was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens [b] by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, nearly 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 ( c. 7.8 million).

  2. May 3, 2024 · Bettina Cirone/IMAGES/Getty Images. Dith Pran was a Cambodian photojournalist known for exposing the horrors of life under Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge. He survived four and a half years of forced labor...

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  3. May 15, 2024 · Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge’s totalitarian regime (1975–79) in Cambodia responsible for the deaths of more than one million Cambodians. His radical communist government forced the mass evacuations of cities and left a legacy of brutality and impoverishment.

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  4. May 21, 2024 · James Taing. Mae Bunseng Taing at the mountain site in 2017 where he and thousands of refugees were perilously dropped. The Cambodian genocide took the lives of up to three million people - between 1975 and 1979. Many were forced to work at labor camps where they faced abuse, torture and starvation. But this is only part one of the story.

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  6. May 20, 2024 · The Genocide Convention, formally the “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide”, is an instrument of international law that, for the first time ever, codified the crime of genocide. It firmly signifies the world’s commitment to “never again” — never again to allow such crimes as those committed during the Second World War. The Convention was adopted by ...

  7. 6 days ago · The Khmer Rouge period remains a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of genocide. During her speech, Nderitu acknowledged Cambodia's early commitment to the 1948 Genocide Convention, yet lamented the global community's failure to uphold the convention’s promise of "Never Again”. “The horrific crimes committed during the Khmer ...

  8. 4 days ago · Causes of the Cambodian Genocide. A publication by Kent State geographers sheds more light on the causes of the Cambodian genocide that wiped out roughly a quarter of the country’s population in the late 1970s.

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