Cambodian genocide
murder of approx. 1.5 to 3 million Cambodians, along with mass detention and torture, carried out by the Khmer Rouge government between 1975 and 1979
The Cambodian genocide (Khmer: ហាយនភាពខ្មែរ or ការប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ខ្មែរ, French: Génocide cambodgien) was the mass killing of Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Pol Pot who pushed Cambodia towards communism. It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979. This was a quarter of Cambodia's 1975 population (c. 7.8 million).
| Cambodian genocide | |
|---|---|
| Part of Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia | |
 Skulls of victims of the Cambodian genocide | |
| Location | Democratic Kampuchea |
| Date | 17 April 1975 – 7 January 1979 (3 years, 8 months and 20 days) |
| Target | Cambodia's previous military and political leadership, business leaders, journalists, students, doctors, lawyers, Buddhists, Chams, Chinese Cambodians, Christians, intellectuals, Thai Cambodians, Vietnamese Cambodians |
Attack type | Genocide, classicide, politicide, ethnic cleansing, extrajudicial killings, torture, famine, forced labor, human experimentation, forced disappearances, deportation, crimes against humanity |
| Deaths | 1.5 to 2 million |
| Perpetrators | Khmer Rouge |
| Motive | Anti-Buddhism, anti-Cham sentiment, classism, anti-Christianity, anti-intellectualism, anti-Thai sentiment, anti-Vietnamese sentiment, Islamophobia, Khmer ultra-nationalism, Sinophobia, Marxism-Leninism, Maoism |
To push its goals, the Khmer Rouge emptied the cities and forced Cambodians to relocate to labor camps in the countryside, where mass executions, forced labor, physical abuse, malnutrition, and disease happened.[1][2]
External LinksEdit
Media related to Cambodian genocide at Wikimedia Commons
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "How Red China Supported the Brutal Khmer Rouge". Vision Times. 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ↑ Chandler, David (2018-05-04). A History of Cambodia. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-96406-0.