Cambodian genocide: Media
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Scene from Tuol Sleng prison (S-21)
Painting by Vann Nath depicting a scene from Tuol Sleng (S-21), a former Phnom Penh...
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Fall of Phnom Penh, April 17, 1975
Khmer Rouge forces entering Phnom Penh. Within days, the regime ordered the forced...
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Religious desecration under the Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge (1975–79) outlawed Buddhism in Cambodia, desecrated temples, and...
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Mass killing under the Khmer Rouge
Painting by Vann Nath (1991) depicting the massacre of civilians during the Cambodian...
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Killing tree, Choeung Ek, outside Phnom Penh
Visitors leave colorful bracelets as a memorial at this tree against which Khmer...
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Faces of the victims of Tuol Sleng prison (S-21)
An estimated 20,000 people were sent to Tuol Sleng prison (S-21), and only 12 were...
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Excavated human remains from the killing fields at Choeung Ek, 1983
Thousands of Cambodians were executed by the Khmer Rouge at Choeung Ek, outside Phnom...
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Nuon Chea at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)
Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea attending proceedings at the Extraordinary Chambers...
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Education and memory at Anlong Veng
A group of high school students touring the former home of Khmer Rouge military commander...
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Skulls of Khmer Rouge victims
The skulls of victims of the Khmer Rouge on display at the Choeung Ek Genocidal Center...
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Life expectancy in Cambodia, 1960–2023
Life expectancy in Cambodia declined sharply during the late 1970s as a result of...
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