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|fullname = Khmer Rouge | |fullname = Khmer Rouge | ||
|alias = | |alias = Red Khmers<br>"The Cambodian [[Nazi Party]]" | ||
|origin = Cambodia | |origin = Cambodia | ||
|foundation = 1951 | |foundation = 1951 | ||
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|agents =[[Nuon Chea]]<br>[[Khieu Samphan]]<br>[[Ieng Sary]]<br>[[Son Sen]]<br>[[Ta Mok]]<br>[[Kang Kek Iew]]<br>[[Hun Sen]]<br>[[Mam Nai]]<br>[[Ieng Thirith]]<br>[[Hou Yuon]] | |agents =[[Nuon Chea]]<br>[[Khieu Samphan]]<br>[[Ieng Sary]]<br>[[Son Sen]]<br>[[Ta Mok]]<br>[[Kang Kek Iew]]<br>[[Hun Sen]]<br>[[Mam Nai]]<br>[[Ieng Thirith]]<br>[[Hou Yuon]] | ||
|skills = Militant oppression | |skills = Militant oppression | ||
|goals = Turn Cambodia into | |goals = Turn Cambodia into an agrarian socialist state (failed)<br> | ||
Defeat the Vietnamese army (failed) | Defeat the Vietnamese army (failed) | ||
|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>Mass starvation<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>Forced labor<br>[[Arson]]<br>Unlawful detention<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Kidnapping | |crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>Mass starvation<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>Forced labor<br>[[Arson]]<br>Unlawful detention<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Kidnapping]] | ||
|type of villains | |type of villains = Terrorists}} | ||
{{Quote|We must purify our armed forces, our party and the masses of people in order to continue fighting the enemies in defense of Cambodian territory and the Cambodian race.|Khmer Rouge radio broadcast, May 1978.}} | {{Quote|We must purify our armed forces, our party and the masses of people in order to continue fighting the enemies in defense of Cambodian territory and the Cambodian race.|Khmer Rouge radio broadcast, May 1978.}} | ||
The '''Khmer Rouge''' was the name given to the followers of the [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]] | The '''Khmer Rouge''' was the name given to the followers of the [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]] in Cambodia during the [[Cold War]]. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam and served as the ruling party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, during which the country was known as Democratic Kampuchea. [[Pol Pot]] served as the organization's overall leader, with his inner circle consisting of [[Nuon Chea]], [[Ieng Sary]], [[Son Sen]], [[Ta Mok]], and [[Khieu Samphan]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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In power, the Khmer Rouge carried out a radical communist program that included isolating the country from all foreign influences, closing schools, hospitals, and some factories, abolishing banking, finance and currency, and collectivizing agriculture. Khmer Rouge theorists, developing the ideas of Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan, believed that an initial period of self-imposed economic isolation and national self-sufficiency would stimulate the rebirth of the crafts and the country's latent industrial capability. | In power, the Khmer Rouge carried out a radical communist program that included isolating the country from all foreign influences, closing schools, hospitals, and some factories, abolishing banking, finance and currency, and collectivizing agriculture. Khmer Rouge theorists, developing the ideas of Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan, believed that an initial period of self-imposed economic isolation and national self-sufficiency would stimulate the rebirth of the crafts and the country's latent industrial capability. | ||
They also orchestrated the [[Cambodian Genocide]], in which many people were expelled out of the cities into rural [[Concentration Camp|concentration camps]]. There, they were forced into hard physical work, with [[torture]] and executions being frequent | They also orchestrated the [[Cambodian Genocide]], in which many people were expelled out of the cities into rural [[Concentration Camp|concentration camps]]. There, they were forced into hard physical work, with [[torture]] and executions being frequent. The regime opposed intellectualism as well, and educated people were also sent to "killing fields" where they were brutally [[murder]]ed with pickaxes. The ban on education also lead to a lack of doctors, which caused the disease to escalate, and the unhealthy living conditions of farmers also lead to mass starvation. This culminated in roughly 2 million dying as a result of the Khmer Rouge. Most of these killings were carried out by the [[Santebal]], the Khmer Rouge's internal security branch that also served as the [[secret police]] of Democratic Kampuchea. | ||
The ban on education also lead to a lack of doctors, which caused the disease to escalate, and the unhealthy living conditions of farmers also lead to mass starvation. This culminated in roughly 2 million dying as a result of the Khmer Rouge. Most of these killings were carried out by the [[Santebal]], the Khmer Rouge's internal security branch that also served as the [[secret police]] of Democratic Kampuchea. | |||
Khmer Rouge's economic policies took a similarly extreme course. Trade was officially restricted only to bartering between communes, a policy which the regime developed in order to enforce self-reliance. Banks were raided and all currency and records were destroyed by fire thus eliminating any claim to funds. After 1976, the regime reinstated discussion of export in the period after the disastrous effects of its planning began to become apparent. | Khmer Rouge's economic policies took a similarly extreme course. Trade was officially restricted only to bartering between communes, a policy which the regime developed in order to enforce self-reliance. Banks were raided and all currency and records were destroyed by fire thus eliminating any claim to funds. After 1976, the regime reinstated discussion of export in the period after the disastrous effects of its planning began to become apparent. | ||
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When Cambodia was invaded by the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] in 1979, the government claimed that one Cambodian soldier was equal to 30 Vietnamese soldiers, so if they could amass two million soldiers from their population of eight million, it could wipe out all of Vietnam’s population (which was 3 times larger than Cambodia's) and still have six million people left. This arrogance lead to the Khmer Rouge being overthrown during the invasion and being replaced by the [[Cambodian People's Party]]. Though they were forced to retreat to Thailand, the Khmer Rouge continued fighting Vietnamese forces from there (mainly via the use of guerrilla warfare) until it largely lost power during the '90s and surrendered completely in 1999. | When Cambodia was invaded by the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] in 1979, the government claimed that one Cambodian soldier was equal to 30 Vietnamese soldiers, so if they could amass two million soldiers from their population of eight million, it could wipe out all of Vietnam’s population (which was 3 times larger than Cambodia's) and still have six million people left. This arrogance lead to the Khmer Rouge being overthrown during the invasion and being replaced by the [[Cambodian People's Party]]. Though they were forced to retreat to Thailand, the Khmer Rouge continued fighting Vietnamese forces from there (mainly via the use of guerrilla warfare) until it largely lost power during the '90s and surrendered completely in 1999. | ||
In 2014, almost 40 years from the date of their rule's establishment, three major high-ranking former leaders of the disbanded Rouge (Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, and [[Kang Kek Iew]]) were sentenced to life in prison by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia | In 2014, almost 40 years from the date of their rule's establishment, three major high-ranking former leaders of the disbanded Rouge (Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, and [[Kang Kek Iew]]) were sentenced to life in prison by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the numerous [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]] that they committed during the Khmer Rouge regime. | ||
==Notable members== | ==Notable members== | ||
*[[Pol Pot]] (leader) | *[[Pol Pot]] (leader) | ||
*[[Nuon Chea]] | *[[Nuon Chea]] | ||
*[[Khieu Samphan]] | *[[Khieu Samphan]] (head of state) | ||
*[[Ieng Sary]] | *[[Ieng Sary]] | ||
*[[Son Sen]] | *[[Son Sen]] | ||
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*[[Hun Sen]] ''(defected)'' | *[[Hun Sen]] ''(defected)'' | ||
*[[Mam Nai]] | *[[Mam Nai]] | ||
*[[Ieng Thirith]] | *[[Ieng Thirith]] | ||
*[[Hou Yuon]] | *[[Hou Yuon]] | ||
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[[Category:Polluters]] | [[Category:Polluters]] | ||
[[Category:Animal Cruelty]] | [[Category:Animal Cruelty]] | ||
[[Category:Anti- | [[Category:Anti-Semetic]] | ||
[[Category:Cheater]] | [[Category:Cheater]] | ||
[[Category:Communist]] | [[Category:Communist]] | ||
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[[Category:Countries]] | [[Category:Countries]] | ||
[[Category:Rapists]] | [[Category:Rapists]] | ||