WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Cambodia
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Rwanda
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Darfur
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Bosnia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The mass killings were part of a broad state-sponsored genocide (the Cambodian genocide).
Detailed explanation-2: -Killing Fields of Cheung Ek is situated 15 kilometers south-west of Phnom Penh and made famous by the film of the same name “Killing Field". it was a place where more than 17, 000 civilians were killed and buried in mass graves; many of them transported here after detention and torture in Toul Sleng.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Khmer Rouge held power in Cambodia for just under 45 months (April 1975-January 1979) and left 1.6–3 million Cambodian civilians dead through starvation, torture, execution, medical experiments, untreated diseases, forced marches, forced labor, and other forms of violence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Visiting the Killing Fields & Tuol Sleng The former school buildings of Tuol Sleng are in the centre of Phomn Penh, whilst the Killing Fields, in the village of Choeung Ek, are about 17km outside of the city.
Detailed explanation-5: -Chankiri Trees in the Killing Fields During the Khmer Rouge, children and infants were smashed against trees because their parents were accused of crimes against the regime. It was so the children “wouldn’t grow up and take revenge for their parents’ deaths".