Pol Pot (1928-1998) was a key figure in the Cambodian Communist movement, becoming premier of the government of Democratic Kampuchéa (DK) from 1976 to 1979. He directed the mass killing of intellectuals, professional people, city...

(1925–1998), leader of Khmer Rouge guerrillas of Cambodia. Saloth Sar, as Pol Pot was originally named, lived comfortably as a child with his father (a prosperous landowner), along with his brother, sister, and female cousin, under the...

Saloth Sar (May 19, 1925 – April 15, 1998), aliases Brother Number One, Pol, Pouk, Hay, Grand-Uncle, '87', Phem, '99, and best known as Pol Pot,[1] was the leader of the communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge. He was the Prime Minister of...

President Clinton's publicized plan to take delivery of a captured Pol Pot and deliver him to an international tribunal at The Hague illustrates just how problematic such a trial for crimes against humanity can be, even if the forces behind it have the best...

REPORTED death of Pol Pot in the Cambodian jungle means that one of this century's most egregious mass murderers will not stand trial or be held accountable for his crimes. But it should not mean that Pol Pot's accomplices now will be let off...

A discussion on the impact of Pol Pot's regime on Cambodia.

Summary of Events of the Pol Pot Cambodian Massacre interred by the Khmer Rouge. The Holocaust sensitized the world to genocide and created even more outrage when it happened again. However, the world never learned to stop the killings earlier, and the U.S. failed to stop the Khmer Rouge earlier. The lessons of the Holocaust were never effectively learned or put into practice.

A discussion on the impact of Pol Pot's regime on Cambodia.