Phnom Penh

nation. The Khmer Rouge was a Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 when they started to struggle against the French colonization and was influenced by the Vietnamese. The Khmer Rouge genocide happened in the capital city of Phnom Penh. It was a four year long regime in Cambodia that took place from April 17,1975 to January 1979. The Khmer Rouge government tormented and harassed Cambodia during their short reign of power, killing many innocent lives. These events should…

The Khmer Rouge a communist guerrilla groups led by Pol Pot wanted a new Cambodia free of all western influences, corruption and Lon Nol. After a five years civil war with Lon Nol’s army the Khmer Rouge on April 17 1975 overtook Cambodia capitol Phnom Penh ending the civil war. Many thought it was a change for the better and a time for peace, but the Khmer Rouge had other plans. Khmer Rouge Minister of Defense Son Sen stated “we will be the first nation to create a completely communist country…

years later, the Vietnamese turned the fight over to the communist party who then got assistance from the US to drop bombs over Cambodia. By 1973, most of Cambodia was in the hands of Khmer Rouge. By 1975, Rouge had control of all of Cambodia once Phnom Penh, a large city in Cambodia, fell to communist…

Relentlessly, he relocated the 2.5 million people of Phnom Penh to the countryside, and doing the same all across the country. (Stock) This resulted in many ill and elderly citizens being removed from the hospital and dying on the way there. The Khmer Rouge demanded every citizen turn their belongings over to…

weapons. The Persian Gulf War that Saddam Hussein caused created a huge environmental disaster by releasing 10 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. And in a surprising turn of events, the U.S. defended Kuwait. After taking power, Pol Pot evacuated Phnom Penh. All foreigners were deported and all embassies were closed. 2.5 million residents were forced to work hard in fields. Anyone who did not comply were tortured then killed. The Khmer Rouge controlled every person's life, money, and…

of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. The genocide of Cambodia can be traced back to Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge regime. He was a communist leader and implemented extremist policies. The “Khmer Rouge army marched into Phnom Penh...forcing all of its residents to leave behind all their belongings and march towards the countryside” (“Cambodian Genocide”) to work as farmers, similar to concentration camps. Civil rights were stripped from all the citizens; “...under the…

Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries many people`s human rights were violated by certain groups, government`s, and individuals who saw their power threatened by people who fought against them like Pol Pot with his Khmer Rouge, and Rwanda`s 100 days of genocide. In Cambodia, Pol Pot, and his Khmer Rouge in just 4 years have killed over 1.5 million of a population of 7 to 8 million people during his rule (1975 to 1979). The Khmer Rouge opposed colonial influence, and wanted an agrarian…

“Whether you’re fisherman or a slave of the Chinese. It might be easier if I worked where I could hold a book and pen” Sari Math says. That’s the aspiration of the young Cambodian man who lives in a rural Cambodia. With the poor conditions of lives, they don’t have enough ability to control their lives. That’s a piece of the stories in A River Changes Course which is a 2013 documentary film by Kalyanee Mam. She is a Cambodian American, and she is shocked when she first sees what Cambodia looks…

very little resources such as 180 grams of rice every two days. Cambodians were forced to move out of there homes, jobs, and families. Pol Pot had sealed off Cambodia from the outside world. Every city was forced to evacuate, two million people in Phnom Penh were forced to leave their homes on foot at gunpoint. Cambodians were treated all equally if any of them were to wear a pair of glasses they would be executed or giving their own opinion. City dwellers in Cambodia were forced into hard…

innocent children and left many to die due to famine. Between 1975 and 1978, there was an estimated number of two million cambodians that died out of the 8 million population. Vietnamese troops invaded the country of Cambodia in 1978 that captured Phnom Penh beginning of the following year. The author makes certain to accentuate the events that took place…