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Bookmark or Share- Khmer Rouge | Facts, Leadership, Genocide, & Death TollKhmer Rouge, a radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. The movement came to power after a civil war allowed it to establish a government in Cambodia’s capital. While in power the Khmer Rouge was one of the most brutal Marxist governments in the 20th century, killing 1.5–2 million people.
- Khmer Rouge - Genocide, Regime & Definition | HISTORYThe Khmer Rouge was a Cambodian communist military group that took power under the leadership of Pol Pot and ignited the Cambodian Genocide in the late 1970s.
- Khmer Rouge: What did a 16-year genocide trial achieve?The special tribunal in Cambodia set up to examine atrocities under the fanatical rule of the Khmer Rouge has held its final hearing, upholding the 2018 conviction for genocide and crimes...
- Cambodian genocide - WikipediaThe Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens 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).
- Cambodia 1975–1979 - United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumFrom April 17, 1975, to January 7, 1979, the Khmer Rouge perpetrated one of the greatest crimes of the 20th century. Nearly two million people died under the rule of the fanatical Communist movement, which imposed a ruthless agenda of forced labor, thought control, and mass execution on Cambodia.
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