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khmer rouge  

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  • Khmer Rouge, or the Communist Party of Kampuchea, was a radical communist organization that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Under the totalitarian rule of Pol Pot, which caused the deaths of more than 1 million in 4 years, the Khmer Rouge had its name tied to the term killing fields and left a legacy of one of the most atrocious massacres of the 20th century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Khmer Rouge]

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