The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
Unfortunately, there are many instances of brutal dictatorships in history that have committed genocides and mass atrocities. While I have never had a debate topic on the Khmer Rouge specifically, an understanding of one of the most brutal communist regimes could improve spec knowledge and work as supporting evidence in a number of debates. After a period of civil war, the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer Rouge, sized control of Cambodia in April of 1975. Characterized by the mass deaths that occurred underneath its administration, the Khmer Rouge ruled from 17 April 1975 to 7 January 1979. It was not until the establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, nearly two decades later, that Ieng Sary and other leaders of the Khmer Rouge were tried for various crimes on 19 August 1979. The Khmer Rouge killed or executed nearly 1.7 million Cambodians in support of their Regime’s policies. The aim of the Khmer R...