S-21the child victims

Children came here too. Members of 'Guilty' families. In the Khmer Rouge, a 'guilty' person could simply be someone who is a doctor, an academic or an engineer. Anyone who could be 'guilty' of having a enough intelligence to cause a threat to the regime.

Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge

December 2nd 2006
Before I came to Cambodia, I confess that I knew very little about Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. I remember vague news reports as a child of the attrocities being committed and the famine that was gripping the country. I also knew that the Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot (or Brother Number 1, amongst various other names) was a tyrant and killed countless people in his own country. But Until I came h ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more

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