Cambodian genocide

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The Cambodian genocide was the mass killing and persecution of millions of Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol Pot between 1975 and 1979.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
mass killing ⓘ
politicide ⓘ
aftermath diaspora of Cambodians ⓘ
mass graves discovery ⓘ
refugee crisis ⓘ
trauma in Cambodian society ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Khmer Rouge genocide ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian genocide
causeOfDeath disease ⓘ
execution ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
commemoratedBy Cambodian Genocide Memorials ⓘ
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center ⓘ
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum ⓘ
convictedLeaders Kaing Guek Eav ⓘ
Khieu Samphan ⓘ
Nuon Chea ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
endedBy Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia ⓘ
fall of Khmer Rouge regime ⓘ
endEvent Vietnamese capture of Phnom Penh ⓘ
establishment of People’s Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
endTime 1979 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths 1700000 ⓘ
2000000 ⓘ
ideology Khmer nationalism ⓘ
Maoism ⓘ
agrarian socialism ⓘ
anti-intellectualism ⓘ
anti-urbanism ⓘ
ultra-Maoism ⓘ
leaderOfPerpetrators Pol Pot ⓘ
legalRecognition Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ⓘ
United Nations-backed tribunals ⓘ
location Choeung Ek ⓘ
Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Killing Fields ⓘ
linked to: The Killing Fields

Phnom Penh ⓘ
S-21 prison ⓘ
linked to: Tuol Sleng prison

Tuol Sleng prison ⓘ
partOf Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia ⓘ
linked to: Khmer Rouge
perpetrator Khmer Rouge ⓘ
policy abolition of markets ⓘ
abolition of money ⓘ
collectivization of agriculture ⓘ
establishment of rural communes ⓘ
forced evacuation of cities ⓘ
mass imprisonment ⓘ
purges within Khmer Rouge ⓘ
reeducation ⓘ
torture ⓘ
relatedEvent Cambodian Civil War ⓘ
U.S. bombing of Cambodia ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
startTime 1975 ⓘ
targetedGroup Buddhist monks ⓘ
Cambodian intellectuals ⓘ
ethnic Cham Muslims ⓘ
ethnic Chinese Cambodians ⓘ
ethnic Thai Cambodians ⓘ
ethnic Vietnamese ⓘ
former government officials ⓘ
professionals ⓘ
royalists ⓘ
suspected political opponents ⓘ
urban residents ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Democratic Kampuchea → notableEvent → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Democratic Kampuchea → responsibleFor → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → associatedWith → Khmer Rouge genocide ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Pol Pot → notableEvent → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Khieu Samphan → associatedWithEvent → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Cambodia: Year One → aboutEvent → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
First They Killed My Father → mainSubject → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Choeung Ek Genocide Center → associatedEvent → Khmer Rouge purges ⓘ
subject linked to: Choeung Ek genocide center
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Swimming to Cambodia → associatedWith → Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Year Zero → historicalContext → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Maha Ghosananda → survivedEvent → Khmer Rouge genocide ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian genocide
The Killing Fields → mainSubject → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Phnom Sampeau → historicalEvent → Khmer Rouge killings ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Cambodian genocide → alsoKnownAs → Khmer Rouge genocide ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Ta Mok → associatedWithEvent → Khmer Rouge regime atrocities ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian genocide
President of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea → historicalPeriod → Cambodian genocide era ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian genocide
Saloth Sar → notableWork → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Saloth Sar → responsibleFor → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Long Reth → notableEvent → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
First They Killed My Father → mainSubject → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
subject linked to: Loung Ung
Loung Ung → survivedEvent → Cambodian genocide ⓘ
Bou Meng → survivedEvent → Cambodian genocide ⓘ