Loung Ung

Humankind never seems to learn from its mistakes. Throughout history, there have been multiple occurrences of humans rights violations, most notably genocide. According to the United Nations, genocide is “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group” (“What is Genocide?”). All genocides should be perceived as a serious crime against humanity, regardless of the number of people who perished. Still, while some genocides like the Holocaust are

Cambodia has been significantly affected by the ongoing communism and the rule of the Khmer Rouge during the 20th century. Referred to as The Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodian genocide, Year Zero and the Cambodian Holocaust, the rule of the Communist Party of Kampuchea from 1975-1979 has had a devastating impact on Cambodia and the country’s condition in the 21st century. Led by Pol Pot, the beliefs and objectives of the Khmer Rouge has resulted in Cambodia’s loss of culture and identity, the deaths

Genocides are defined as a large group of killings often of a specific ethnic group or nation. Genocides targeting specific groups happen all over the world. Sometimes they are well known, while in other cases they are hidden and not published as much. Unlike the Holocaust, The Khmer Rouge Regime caused a smaller scale genocide in the heart of Cambodia. Beginning in the late 1960s the Khmer Rouge Regime came into power. Their leader Pol Pot committed atrocities, killing a little over two million