Antoni RandhawaShawn SongEric Baxter

The Cambodian Genocide

EthnicallyThe targets were

Vietnamese, Chinese, Muslims, and Buddhist monks.

People residing in urbanized areas and cities.

Upper class.

ReligionMusicRadioForeign languagesWearing glassesLaughingCryingExpressions of

affection

ClassificationBans

Blue scarf for the people of the Eastern part of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia.

Symbolization

DehumanizationThe Khmer slogan: "To

spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss".

It made no difference to the Khmer Rouge whether they were dead or alive.

Used various torture techniques for little to no reason

Under command of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.Socialist program to reconstruct the way Cambodia

was.“Agrarian socialist philosophy"

Organization

Cities were raided and people relocated to communal farms.

Most people were left to starve, dehydrate or work to death.

International organizations offered aid but the government refused assistance.

Polarization

IdentificationThe government

attempted to suppress the communist and Vietnamese presence.

People were given a blue scarf to wear in the eastern part of Cambodia.

Extermination The population was put to

work as laborers in one federation of collective farms.

Anyone in opposition was killed.

Anyone refusing to leave their home, didn't go fast enough, or disobeyed were killed.

Professional citizens (doctors, lawyers, teachers, politicians, etc) were killed.

Army was killed. All monks and approximately

8,000 Christians were murdered

The campaign to end genocide supports an international tribunal to try the Khmer Rouge.

Promotes U.S. signature and ratification of the treaty creating an international criminal court.

Denial