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  1. Moviemento Kino Screens Film About Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
    WNYC | New York Public Radio logo WNYC | New York Public Radio 23 hours ago

    The Khmer Rouge (KR) was a communist organization lead by Pol Pot who wanted to make Cambodia completely self-sufficient by rebuilding the country from the ground up, starting at what they called "Year Zero." On April 17 th , 1975, the Khmer Rouge... Full Article at WNYC | New York Public Radio

  2. Moviemento Kino Screens Film About Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
    NPR logo NPR 1 day ago
    We Want (u) to Know has been screened over the last couple of years by NGO's and outreach programs, though only handful of times in Berlin theaters.

    The Khmer Rouge (KR) was a communist organization lead by Pol Pot who wanted to make Cambodia completely self-sufficient by rebuilding the country from the ground up, starting at what they called "Year Zero." On April 17th, 1975, the Khmer Rouge... Full Article at NPR

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago
    Cambodian people pray during the annual 'Day of Anger' at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2012. Cambodians have demanded harsh punishement for ex-Khmer Rouge leaders as they marked the annual 'Day of Anger' with a...

    Cambodian people pray during the annual 'Day of Anger' at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2012. Cambodians have demanded harsh punishement for ex-Khmer Rouge leaders as they marked the annual 'Day of Anger' with a... View Photo »

  4. I first read about it in textbook. My parents never brought it up to me and so I confronted them about it and my grandparents and eventually my senior year of high school, I was in AP government, an extra credit was to do an interview and I decided to do Khmer Rouge as the topic and I interviewed my gra...
    SOURCE: Multi-American 2 weeks ago
  5. Trial on hold for Khmer Rouge official
    United Press International logo United Press International 1 day ago

    PENH, Cambodia, May 22 (UPI) -- Judges adjourned proceedings against former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary until doctors can testify on his medical condition, his lawyer said. Proceedings in the trial against Sary have been adjourned until... Full Article at United Press International

  6. Desperate life at sea
    Global Post logo Global Post 2 days ago
    Seaslaves trawler

    The fatigue snuffs out thought, Sanh said. Malnutrition and dehydration turn men into zombies. “You always want to lay down. When you finally do, there isn’t a single thought in your head,” he said. “You’re instantly sleeping.” Sokha served a captain... Full Article at Global Post

  7. Khmer Rouge war trial suspended
    Independent Online (South Africa) logo Independent Online (South Africa) 3 days ago

    “We will have to wait until Mr Ieng Sary's health is better.” Ieng Sary and his co-defendants - “Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea and former head of state Khieu Samphan - deny charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Known as one of the... Full Article at Independent Online (South Africa)

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago
    Cambodian fine arts school students take part in a performance to mark the annual 'Day of Anger' at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2012. Cambodians have demanded harsh punishement for ex-Khmer Rouge leaders as they...

    Cambodian fine arts school students take part in a performance to mark the annual 'Day of Anger' at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2012. Cambodians have demanded harsh punishement for ex-Khmer Rouge leaders as they... View Photo »

  9. They don't have a good understanding of what the enhanced interrogation techniques are. They don't understand what waterboarding is. All they know about waterboarding is what the press says, and it usually says it's compared to what the Japanese did or what the Khmer Rouge did, which is not true.
    SOURCE: CNN 3 weeks ago
  10. Scream Bloody Murder - Khmer Rouge - Part 1
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 41 months ago
  11. Khmer Rouge trial suspended as accused falls ill
    Mmail logo Mmail 3 days ago
    frontpage May 21

    "We will have to wait until Mr Ieng Sary's health is better." Ieng Sary and his co-defendants – "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea and former head of state Khieu Samphan – deny charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Known as one of... Full Article at Mmail

  12. Cambodia mourns KRouge victims on ‘Day of Anger’
    TDNpost.com 3 days ago

    More than 1,000 Cambodians attended an emotional re enactment of a Khmer Rouge massacre at a “Day of Anger” memorial Sunday, demanding swift justice for ex regime leaders on trial. Duration: 00:45. The daily news post features breaking news from India... Full Article at TDNpost.com

  13. Khmer Rouge trial suspended as accused falls ill
    Asia One logo Asia One 3 days ago

    "We will have to wait until Mr Ieng Sary's health is better." Ieng Sary and his co-defendants - "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea and former head of state Khieu Samphan - deny charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Known as one of... Full Article at Asia One

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  1. Cambodian people pray during the annual 'Day of Anger' at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2012. Cambodians have demanded harsh punishement for ex-Khmer Rouge leaders as they marked the annual 'Day of Anger' with a re-enactment of crimes by the regime at a...
  2. Cambodian fine arts school students take part in a performance to mark the annual 'Day of Anger' at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2012. Cambodians have demanded harsh punishement for ex-Khmer Rouge leaders as they marked the annual 'Day of Anger' with a...
  3. A Cambodian man burns incense sticks in front of a stupa during the annual 'Day of Anger' at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2012. Cambodians have demanded harsh punishement for ex-Khmer Rouge leaders as they marked the annual 'Day of Anger' with a...
  4. Cambodian students perform a re-enactment of executions inflicted by the Khmer Rouge to mark the annual "Day of Anger" at Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge "killing field" dotted with mass graves about nine miles (15 kilometers) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, May 20, 2012. ...
  5. A Cambodian Muslim student, center, looks at performers before they participate in re-enactments to mark the annual "Day of Anger" at Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge "killing field" dotted with mass graves about nine miles (15 kilometers) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, May 20,...
  6. A tourist stands near the stupa loaded with hundreds of former Khmer Rouge victim's bone and skulls as Cambodia marks its annual "Day of Anger" at Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge "killing field" dotted with mass graves, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, May 20, 2012. Cambodia...
  7. A Cambodian burns incense sticks on the annual "Day of Anger" commemoration at Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge "killing field" dotted with mass graves, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, May 20, 2012. Cambodia marked the annual "Day of Anger" Sunday by re-enacting torture and...
  8. Cambodian students sing during the annual "Day of Anger" at Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge "killing field" dotted with mass graves, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, May 20, 2012. Cambodia marked the annual "Day of Anger" Sunday by re-enacting torture and executions inflicted by...
  9. Cambodian students re-enact torture executed by the Khmer Rouge during their reign of terror in the 1970s to mark the annual "Day of Anger" at Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge "killing field" dotted with mass graves, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, May 20, 2012.

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The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: ខ្មែរក្រហម Kmae Krɑhɑɑm) was the ruling political party of Cambodia—which it renamed the Democratic Kampuchea—from 1975 to 1979. Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. I first read about it in textbook. My parents never brought it up to me and so I confronted them about it and my grandparents and eventually my senior year of high school, I was in AP government, an extra credit was to do an interview and I decided to do Khmer Rouge as the topic and I interviewed my gra...
    SOURCE: Multi-American 2 weeks ago
  2. They don't have a good understanding of what the enhanced interrogation techniques are. They don't understand what waterboarding is. All they know about waterboarding is what the press says, and it usually says it's compared to what the Japanese did or what the Khmer Rouge did, which is not true.
    SOURCE: CNN 3 weeks ago
  3. The Nazis did a lot of this, the Khmer Rouge did a lot of this.
    SOURCE: The Atlantic 3 weeks ago
  4. During the war, many, many people were killed. My mother and father were killed by the Khmer Rouge
    SOURCE: HometownLife.com 1 month ago
  5. I couldn't close my eyes without seeing the Khmer Rouge
    SOURCE: Long Beach Press-Telegram 1 month ago
  6. More than 30 years after April 17 [when Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge], we have reached a historic event and succeeded in launching Cambodia’s stock market
    SOURCE: Radio Free Asia 1 month ago
  7. He destroyed his ID card and hid his trophies and press clippings ... He is dark skinned, which helped. The Khmer Rouge were looking for people who wore glasses, which meant that you were educated, and for people with lighter skin, which was a sign that you hadn't been working in a rice field.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  8. Like many sports, tennis was considered an elitist sport and there were no exceptions when the Khmer Rouge came. They wanted to wipe out anything that was part of the old era
    SOURCE: Bangkok Post 1 month ago
  9. Every family that goes will often pay respects and remember their family members who were lost during the Khmer Rouge regime
    SOURCE: Recordnet.com 1 month ago
  10. We couldn’t go to school because the Khmer Rouge were there.
    SOURCE: The Scotsman 1 month ago
  11. Internationally, the so called ‘war of self-defense,’ which caused tens of thousands of casualties, occurred to save the CCP’s little brother, the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia; domestically, it occurred so Deng Xiaoping could grab military power and consolidate his dictatorship.
    SOURCE: The Epoch Times 1 month ago
  12. The first film explained 'how' the Khmer Rouge did the killing, now this film looks at 'why' ... And the answer is not the same as what the Cambodian government has been telling the public for all these years. The real story is politically huge. It will make everyone in Cambodia come out and talk, and t...
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 1 month ago
  13. But I never understood what happened ... We had no answers from the top commanders about what and who was behind the killing. Why did so many Cambodians die under the Khmer Rouge? So I found a few low-ranking cadres, became friendly, and started asking questions.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 1 month ago
  14. Culpability for Khmer Rouge atrocities is one of the real electric wires of Cambodian politics ... But it is also part of everyday Cambodian governance that people with power feel no compunction … to silence people who may bring out an unpleasant or inconvenient truth about them, whether it be about cor...
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 1 month ago
  15. Culpability for Khmer Rouge atrocities is one of the real electric wires of Cambodian politics ... But it is also part of everyday Cambodian governance that people with power feel no compunction … to silence people who may bring out an unpleasant or inconvenient truth about them, whether it be about cor...
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 1 month ago
  16. The UN backed the Khmer Rouge for 14 years for geo-political reasons during the Cold War. I don't see why the UN would now give itself the right to judge those it supported
    SOURCE: Bangkok Post 2 months ago
  17. I deny the United Nations the right to judge the Khmer Rouge
    SOURCE: Bangkok Post 2 months ago
  18. The roads are not good like they are here ... Cambodia is still very poor after the Khmer Rouge. You will see.
    SOURCE: The Scotsman 2 months ago
  19. Any serious and in-depth investigation would show that several members of the current government were involved in the Khmer Rouge crimes ... It is why several members of the current government have refused to testify to respond to summons.
    – Sam Rainsy SOURCE: Voice of America 2 months ago
  20. Khmer Rouge prison chief in court
    SOURCE: American Banking and Market News 2 months ago
  21. This is a disaster for Cambodians hoping that key perpetrators of the Khmer Rouge atrocities would face trial
    SOURCE: France 24 2 months ago
  22. If the government did not protect this area, the young generation wouldn’t know about the history of the last Khmer Rouge
    SOURCE: Global Post 2 months ago
  23. The victims of the Khmer Rouge atrocities must be feeling utter despair ... The U.N. must demand that the Cambodian government desists from this political interference, and make clear the consequences should it continue.
    SOURCE: FindLaw: AP News 2 months ago
  24. It was impossible to discuss with the Khmer Rouge because they had never heard of the Red Cross. We were evacuated a few weeks later and taken by truck to the Thai border.
    SOURCE: Swissinfo 2 months ago
  25. Personally, I think people should be put on trial. We know members of the Khmer Rouge are everywhere, but I don’t think one person, Duch, is enough. I think others should be with him – those who were really responsible for the situation and who became murderers
    SOURCE: Swissinfo 2 months ago

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