Cambodia
30 years ago today the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia. Their period of rule under the despotic Pol Pot saw the entire country turned into a labour camp, as all traces of modernity and technology were abandoned.
Four years later when the regime was bought to an end, 21% of the population were dead. Twenty one percent, yet only two of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders have been bought to justice. Th UN appears to be getting its act together though and recently announced funding for a tribunal which could begin in a matter of months.
More information from Yale University's Cambodia Genocide Project.
Four years later when the regime was bought to an end, 21% of the population were dead. Twenty one percent, yet only two of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders have been bought to justice. Th UN appears to be getting its act together though and recently announced funding for a tribunal which could begin in a matter of months.
More information from Yale University's Cambodia Genocide Project.
posted by phylos @ 12:25
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