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In this picture, the Khmer Rouge is torturing Cambodians.

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Democide:
"Democide is a term revived and redefined by the political scientist R. J. Rummel (1932–2014) as "the murder of any person or people by their government, including genocide, politicide and mass murder"."

Pol Pot has the highest Denocide rates out of all of the Cambodian rulers. He was responsible for the current genocide.

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"A visit to here kind of goes hand in hand with a visit to the Killing fields in order to get the full picture of the what happened in Cambodia in the 70's during the reign of the Khmer Rouge. "

The Museum includes paintings and various antiques during the time of the Cambodian Genocide!

Check It Out At:
http://www.tuolslenggenocidemuseum.com/

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In this picture, Cambodians are being forced to evacuate.

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Pol Pot's Little Red Book contains slogans and propaganda to cause fear into people and let the Khmer Rouge to complete their goals. Many people would have to work as laborers on collective farms. If they didn't do their work, they'd be exterminated.

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"The Khmer Rouge and Cambodian genocide: how the Guardian covered it"

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"The Khmer Rouge and Cambodian genocide: how the Guardian covered it"

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"Former Khmer Rouge senior figures Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan have been found guilty of crimes against humanity and given life imprisonment by a court in Cambodia. Follow how the Guardian covered the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge as evidence of the killing fields first emerged"

Read More At:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2009/feb/16/cambodia-khmer-rouge

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In this picture, troops are being commanded by the Khmer Rouge.

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In this picture, a Cambodian is getting cut from a person by the Khmer Rouge and alcohol is being poured over it.

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The Khmer Rouge was a communist organization which opposed the Cambodian government.

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To categorize/identify the citizens, Cambodians were forced to take profiles.

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The Khmer Rouge tried to hide up all the bodies by burying all of the bones and corpses. But people began to excavate the ground and found all of the dead bodies and bones that the Khmer Rouge was trying to hide.

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People in the Eastern Zone would be known for wearing scarves. Anyone wearing a blue and white scarf would be killed. Other people wore white and red or white and yellow scarves, but they wound't be allowed to wear blue and white scarves. The people were also called basic.

This is what type of blue scarf someone might wear.

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The Khmer Rouge persecuted educated people such as doctors, lawyers, and current or former military police. They also persecuted Muslims, Buddhists, and Christians. There were prison camps. One prison camp was called Tuol Sleng, centre. Throught 4 years, more than 1.5 million people died from starvation, work and torture. More trustworthy people were called old citizens and the dwellers were called new citizens.

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At labor camps, Khumer Rouge created a extremely difficult working schedule, where workers (no matter the age) had to perform difficult projects for greuling hours, dusk until dawn.

The laborers were provided will limited food/drink and were soon wiped out by starvation.

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(Collection of Cambodian skulls at labor camp)

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This man was a Cambodian politician and led the Khmer Rouge. He served in the Communist Party which harmed so many people.

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The Khmer Rouge killed Cambodians secretly that were being trained by communists of Vietnam. The Khmer Rouge forced an evacuation Phnom Penh on April 17th, 1975. A school was turned into a killing center.

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Although it is diffcult to find detailed evidence of discrimination in the Cambodian genocide, it is well revealed that Pol Pok hated the Cambodians because of their etnicity. The simple calling out of the citizens is already an act of discrimination. Not many officated laws were passed, although smaller sterotypes and rules led to ultimate maltreatment towards the people of Cambodia.

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(Classification Stage)

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Pol Pot gave orders to troops for commanding. Kmer Rouge also helped Pol Pot command troops and plan everything. This was called the Agrarian socialist philosophy.

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The Khmer Rouge tortured the victims whenever they felt like it. The Cambodians got killed if they were sick, disabled, or in bad condition. There were labor camps for the Cambodians. They were treated like dogs, got very little food, and suffered severely.

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The Cambodians were classified as intellectuals, educated people, professionals, monks, religious enthusiasts, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.

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Approximately 1.5 million Cambodians died.
The time period for this genocide was 1975- 1979