Located near Phnom Penh, it is the best-known killing field, featuring a memorial stupa filled with over 8,000 human skulls. Tuol Sleng Prison Museum ClosedPhnom Penh, Cambodia
To understand the Killing Fields, one must first understand the Khmer Rouge, led by the enigmatic and ruthless "Brother Number One," Pol Pot. After years of civil war and the secret bombing of Cambodia by the United States, the Khmer Rouge captured the capital, Phnom Penh, on April 17, 1975. The Killing Fields
The atrocities were brought to global attention by the 1984 British film The Killing Fields , which depicts the true story of two journalists: Located near Phnom Penh, it is the best-known
In 1980, the United Nations General Assembly condemned the Khmer Rouge's actions and called for an investigation into the regime's crimes. However, it wasn't until 2007 that the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) was established to try senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. The atrocities were brought to global attention by
