Khmer Rouge
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| Leader | Pol Pot |
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| Founders | Pol Pot |
| Ieng Sary | |
| Founded | Cambodia |
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| ID | 929666 |
About Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge was the name popularly given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name had originally been used in the 1950s by Norodom Sihanouk as a blanket term for the Cambodian left.
Henry Kissinger's Cambodia legacy of bombs and chaos
... 7 million people died at the hands of the Pol Pot-led Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979 - almost a quarter of the population...
Cambodia election: 'This was more of a coronation than an election'
... They depict Hun Sen s flight from Khmer Rouge-ruled Cambodia to Vietnam in 1977, his triumphant return with the invading Vietnamese army in 1979, and his eventual deal with the last of the Khmer Rouge leaders in 1998 that ended the long civil war - his win-win for the Cambodian people...
Cambodia election: Polls open in vote with no credible opposition
... Hun Sen s party has won all six of the national elections held every five years since the 1990s, when the UN helped the Southeast Asian nation of 16 million people become a functioning democracy post decades of civil war and the murderous Khmer Rouge regime...
Cambodia faces rigged election as Hun Sen extends total control
... A former Khmer Rouge official who defected to Vietnam before the regime s fall, his survivalist grip on power has led to his boast that he is the world s longest-serving prime minister...
Cambodia: Angkorian crown jewellery handed over in London
... However, many of Cambodia s other temples were looted during the Khmer Rouge era in the 1970s, and the turmoil that continued for decades...
Cambodian team hunting looted treasures visits UK museums
... The murderous Khmer Rouge regime held power from 1975 to 1979, when it is thought to have killed more than two million of its own people, and the group controlled large portions of Cambodia until the late 1990s...
The long struggle to return Cambodia's looted treasures
... The murderous Khmer Rouge regime held power from 1975 to 1979, when it is thought to have killed more than two million of its own people, and the group controlled large portions of the country until the late 1990s...
Richard Coles told 'his partner is in hell'
... Paper darts Coles, 57, who is the vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, said: It s like the Khmer Rouge suddenly popping up in a stream of condolence...
Cambodia election: Polls open in vote with no credible opposition
Cambodia's long-term leader is almost certain to extend his party's rule at an election on Sunday where there no serious challengers.
Voters turning up to the polls in Phnom Penh told The Bbc they expected the Cambodian People's Party to sweep all 125 seats in parliament again.
Hun Sen , who has been in power for 38 years, faces no real challenge after the only credible opposition party was disqualified in May.
Critics have called the vote a sham.
" It's a rigged election because there are no real strong opposition parties, " one voter, an aid worker in Phnom Penh , told The Bbc earlier This Week .
Western nations, including the US, have also expressed concerns about the integrity of the vote.
It Comes as Hun Sen shows the clearest signals yet that he's planning to hand power to his eldest son, Hun Manet - possibly within weeks.
Opposition lawmakers this Year have reported violent attacks, with Human Rights Watch reporting the government stepped up intimidation and arbitrary arrests of political opposition in the run-up to the poll.
In May, the government, the Candlelight Party, on a technicality. The National Election Commission said The Party was missing paperwork, which it had not needed for The Local elections Last Year .
Candlelight had won 22% of the vote Last Year - and analysts Say Hun Sen saw them as a potential threat to his rule.
Hun Sen has become increasingly authoritarian in his rule, political analysts Say .
Earlier this Year , on alleged treason charges, and
It is The Second election in a row where Hun Sen has targeted democratic institutions and crippled the opposition before voting day, analysts Say .
in the 125-seat National Assembly after the main opposition alliance was dissolved by the politically controlled courts.
Seventeen other parties are participating in this Year 's election, but almost all are too small, new or are aligned with the ruling party to be considered credible challengers.
The vote comes at an uncertain time for Cambodia's Economy - with locals reporting struggles with rising fuel prices, stagnant wages and growing debts.
While Hun Sen is campaigning for re-election, he has flagged that this may be his last term. In 2021, He Said would hand over control to his eldest son who currently commands The Royal Cambodian Army.
Han Manet is a first-time candidate for a parliament seat this election and led The Final day of party rallies in Phnom Penh on Friday.
No timeframe had been given for the transition of power until Thursday, when Hun Sen signalled his son " could be" Prime Minister in three or four weeks.
Hun Sen 's party has won all six of The National elections held every five years since the 1990s, when the UN helped the Southeast Asian nation of 16 million people become a functioning democracy post decades of Civil War and the murderous Khmer Rouge regime.
Over four decades, he has consolidated power through control of the military, police and moneyed interests. Observers Say he has dispatched opponents through co-opting, jailing or exiling them.
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