cambodian genocide

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When the Khmer Rouge took control of the Cambodian government in 1975, he had declared the beginning of a new peasant-oriented society. Instead, after outlawing education, religion, healthcare and technology, the Khmer Rouge ordered the evacuation of Cambodia’s cities and forced these residents to work without the right amount food or rest. Those who were unable to keep up were often summarily executed. At the same time, the Khmer Rouge began to target suspected political dissidents. These citizens, including doctors, teachers and those suspected of being educated were singled out for torture at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison. In four years, around 1.7 and 2 million Cambodians had died in the Khmer Rouge’s ‘Killing Fields.’ So this was how they wanted it to be an ancient society of noble farming peasants. Then they had killed all the wealthy people, the religious, the educated, and then 2 million Cambodians were killed. some of the workers had been over worked and died

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