Khmer Rouge Background

Brief Biography of Pol Pot 

Original Name: Saloth Sar. Revolutionary Names and Aliases: Pol Pot, Pol, Comrade Pol, Comrade Secretary, Angkar, Hai, 870, Brother Number One, Brother 87 or 870 Committee. Nickname...

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Ieng Sary's Brief Biography 

Kim Trang is Ieng Sary’s original name. Sou Hav and Comrade Vann were his revolutionary names. His Khmer Krom name is Penh. Ieng Sary was born in 1930 in...

Brief Biography of Khieu Samphan 

Khieu Samphan’s revolutionary name was comrade Hem; he was also known as Ta Chhun and Ta Hong. He was born to Khmer-Chinese parents in 1929 (the year of the snake) in Koh Sotin District, Kampong Cham Province, Region 22, Eastern Zone. Khieu Samphan completed his coursework for a doctorate degree in political economy in Paris and obtained his degree in 1959 after he had returned to Cambodia...

Nuon Chea 

The original name of Nuon Chea is Long Rith. In the Khmer Rouge time, Nuon Chea was generally referred to by the cadre as “Brother” Nuon or “Uncle” Nuon. Some other ...

A Hospital, a place to Die 

If we feel sick, we go to the hospital and know the doctor will treat us. However, some people who went to a hospital located on the Wat Sokuntharam ground during the Pol Pot regime tried to find a way to leave the hospital after they were inside for a couple of days. During the Pol Pot regime, Wat Sokuntharam, also known as Wat Skun in Kampong Cham province, was one of the former hospitals. Mr. Pat Choy, 52, who presently is the Pana Village Chief, recalled what he experience while going for treatment with his family in the Khmer Rouge time ...

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• Statement of The Spokeman of The Ministry of Propaganda and Information of Democratic Kampuchea

   (28 July, 2009)

• Labor force used to build six-month lasting 15-kilometer dam

   (20 July, 2009)

• Dr. Hun Chhunly was evacuated second time on 18 August 1978

   (23 June, 2009)

• Nhem Rim: A Security Unit, in Koh Thakouv Commune

   (19 June, 2009)

• To Remember the Killing Field (26 May, 2009)

• Some 10,000 died once Khmer Rouge evacuated people from Phnom Penh

   (19 May, 2009)

• The KRT Trial Monitor (08 May, 2009)

• After a month-long victory, Khmer Rouge held a big assembly at Old Stadium

   (29 April, 2009)

• Lim Ly, Economic Support Unit Chief in North-Western Division 2

   (28 April, 2009)

• Bou Luon

   (10 April, 2009)

• Chea Choeun, Former Cooperative Chief in Sampoeu Mountain

   (09 April, 2009)

• Yem Yim: A Khmer Rouge Shackle Maker

   (08 April, 2009)

• Bou Luon

   (07 April, 2009)

• Eight political platforms of Khmer Rouge leaders after rise to power

   (31 March, 2009)

• K Thom dams evidence Khmer Rouge’s torture

   (17 March, 2009)

Publications

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The survey report of Khmer Rough Trial Web Portal
Source: Open Forum of Cambodia

The survey report of Khmer Rough Trial Web Portal

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A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA 1975-1979(part2)
Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia
By: KHAMBOLY DY

A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA 1975-1979

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A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA 1975-1979(part1)
Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia
By: KHAMBOLY DY

A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA 1975-1979

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the ECCC khmer Poster
Source: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
(02-6-2007)

the ECCC khmer Poster

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Justice Initiatives
Source: Cambodia Justice Initiative of Open Society Justice Initiative
(05-1-2006)

A publication of the Open Society Justice Initiative, Spring 2006

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Searching for the truth
Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia
By: DCCam

A Magazine of the Documentation Center of Cambodia

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An Introduction to The Khmer Rouge Trials
Source: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

An Introduction to The Khmer Rouge Trials {Second Edition (2006)}