Khmer Rouge

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The name of the followers of Pol Pot’s Communist Party of Kampuchea, the totalitarian political machine that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979
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Sometimes, the Angkar would catch him sneaking out to collect the food at night and beat him up in front of other children.
Victim of Khmer Rouge genocide writes book
Heuveline and Poch's conclusion understates the difference between pre-Khmer Rouge marriage and marriage arranged by the Angkar. As one interviewee said, marriages in Democratic Kampuchea "had nothing to do with Cambodian tradition." (29)
What is forced marriage? Towards a definition of forced marriage as a crime against humanity
Angkar became the rallying cry, the central organizing concept, and the justification for a new Democratic Kampuchea.
"Revolution by eradication:" on the Khmer Rouge's making of the tragedy of Cambodia
Collective loyalty to the 'Angkar' was emphasised and family bonds were discouraged.
Cambodia: remembering the killing fields: Paul Bellamy examines the bloody recent history of Cambodia and warns that it faces an uncertain future
"The structure of power in Cambodia from 1975-1978 was that of the Communist Party of Kampuchea "; its prescriptions were absolute.(3) In a regime obsessed with counterespionage paranoia, this gave reign to the nightmares of the state security officers" A climatic developed in which everyone was suspected of being an enemy and in which units of spies or Kang chhlop (composed mainly of children) monitored what the communes said, reporting to the Angkar. Angkar exploited the minds of gullible children, who would innocently implicate even their own parents.
Toward a culture of human rights in Cambodia
In 1975, during the sudden forced evacuation of the population to different parts of the country by Angkar, my mother's family met a Khmer Rouge cadre.
My mother's hands: memories on International Women's Day
The revolutionary organisation of the Khmer Rouge (angkar padevat) simply developed these ideas to their logical conclusion.
Rethinking Cambodian political discourse on territory: genealogy of the Buddhist ritual boundary (sima)
Other local premieres include Angkar, a documentary by French-Cambodian director Neary Adeline Hay about her father's return to Cambodia for the first time since the Khmer Rouge.
Cambodian International Film Festival marks 8th year
During this period the Khmer Rouge established a base of operations in the area commanded by the notorious Ta Mok and frequented by many of the Organisation's (Angkar's) top leadership.
Transcending time and terror: the re-emergence of Bon Dalien after Pol Pot and thirty years of civil war
Premiering at the International Film Festival Rotterdam last week, Angkar follows Khonsaly Hay as he travels around Phnom Penh seeking what remains of the house and pharmacy he was forced to leave behind during the Khmer Rouge-instigated mass exodus from the city on April 17, 1975.
Documentary follows a survivor's attempt to reconcile with his past
The performance in question, created as part of the Pka Sla Krom Angkar project, is a dance that tells the true stories of victims of forced marriage.
Arts can be cathartic for Khmer Rouge survivors: study
It is part of Phka Sla Krom Angkar, a judicial reparations project focusing on forced marriages and sexual violence in Democratic Kampuchea.
Young artists explore lasting suffering of forced marriages
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