The start of this genocide was because during the time of the war in Vietnam, Lon Nol took power of Cambodia. He was backed by the United States. A relatively small guerrilla movement in Cambodia, called the Khmer Rouge, was led by Pol Pot; who had been a student in France. This was a Communist movement.
With time, the Khmer Rouge had a problem with their numbers, as the increased American bombing got the Khmer Rouge mad, the population turned on Lon Nol. Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge the same year that Saigon fell to Northern Vietnam. After taking power, Pol Pot started a campaign to rebuild Cambodia similar to China.
This meant that people had to leave the cities, and were forced to work on large, government farms. Education and healthcare was shut down, children were separated from their parents and put into work camps as well. Even members of the Khmer Rouge were not exempt from execution; anyone thought of being a “traitor” was interrogated, imprisoned, and executed for their “crimes”
profane slogans like: “To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss.” The common way of killing was to torture and kill imprisoned individuals. They would use machines that cut off limbs and hang people by their teeth. They also drowned people in water as a killing tool and interrogation tool. The death toll of this massacre was 1.7 million Cambodians.
The genocide stopped when Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978.
The Khmer Rouge were overthrown, and were sent into a retreat. They received aid from the United States; as well as held on to the official Cambodian seat in the United Nations.
The Khmer Rouge fought against the new government with the help of US and English training, funds, and weapons.
These were offered because of the shared hostility towards Vietnam.
Pol Pot was arrested and died while under house arrest, in 1998.
Two Khmer Rouge leaders faced trial for genocide, and were found guilty. Bodies are removed and put on display as a tribute and memorial to the genocide.
This is one of the few things that attracts tourists to Cambodia now. The country of Cambodia is in a very bad state as it is right now in the present. its Gdp is 36.5 billion. its Gdp per capita is $2,490. its life expectancy is m)63 f)66. HIV is very high in Cambodia, exceeding 2$ in 2012. Cambodia's economic exports are clothing, timber, rice. Its main imports are gold, petroleum, motor vehicles and pharmaceuticals. Cambodian government is constitutional monarchy where a prime minister is head of state. Peace and Freedom in Cambodia is very low, lots of violence occurs still in Cambodia, its society is at unrest. Lots of attacks and murders occur weekly.
With time, the Khmer Rouge had a problem with their numbers, as the increased American bombing got the Khmer Rouge mad, the population turned on Lon Nol. Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge the same year that Saigon fell to Northern Vietnam. After taking power, Pol Pot started a campaign to rebuild Cambodia similar to China.
This meant that people had to leave the cities, and were forced to work on large, government farms. Education and healthcare was shut down, children were separated from their parents and put into work camps as well. Even members of the Khmer Rouge were not exempt from execution; anyone thought of being a “traitor” was interrogated, imprisoned, and executed for their “crimes”
profane slogans like: “To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss.” The common way of killing was to torture and kill imprisoned individuals. They would use machines that cut off limbs and hang people by their teeth. They also drowned people in water as a killing tool and interrogation tool. The death toll of this massacre was 1.7 million Cambodians.
The genocide stopped when Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978.
The Khmer Rouge were overthrown, and were sent into a retreat. They received aid from the United States; as well as held on to the official Cambodian seat in the United Nations.
The Khmer Rouge fought against the new government with the help of US and English training, funds, and weapons.
These were offered because of the shared hostility towards Vietnam.
Pol Pot was arrested and died while under house arrest, in 1998.
Two Khmer Rouge leaders faced trial for genocide, and were found guilty. Bodies are removed and put on display as a tribute and memorial to the genocide.
This is one of the few things that attracts tourists to Cambodia now. The country of Cambodia is in a very bad state as it is right now in the present. its Gdp is 36.5 billion. its Gdp per capita is $2,490. its life expectancy is m)63 f)66. HIV is very high in Cambodia, exceeding 2$ in 2012. Cambodia's economic exports are clothing, timber, rice. Its main imports are gold, petroleum, motor vehicles and pharmaceuticals. Cambodian government is constitutional monarchy where a prime minister is head of state. Peace and Freedom in Cambodia is very low, lots of violence occurs still in Cambodia, its society is at unrest. Lots of attacks and murders occur weekly.