It is the first genocide ruling against any member of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime.
Led by Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge was a radical Maoist movement founded by French-educated intellectuals.
They sought to create a self-reliant, agrarian society: cities were emptied and residents forced to work on rural co-operatives. Many were worked to death while others starved as the economy imploded.
ΠΡΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Ρ ΡΠ΅Π±Ρ Π΅ΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅, Π½ΠΎ ΡΡ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅ΡΡ ΡΡΡΠΈ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΡΡ Ρ ΡΠ΅Π±Ρ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΎΠ± ΡΡΡΡΠΎΠΉΡΡΠ²Π΅ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π°, ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ ΠΊ ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ Π²ΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ°ΠΌ ΡΠ΅Ρ Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈ. Π’Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π½Π΅ ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ Π² ΠΠ°ΠΌΠ±ΠΎΠ΄ΠΆΠ΅. Π’Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΡΠ΅ΠΉΡΠ°Ρ.














