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Powerful remains: the continuing presence of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime in today's Cambodia

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The Khmer Rouge forbade the conduct of any funeral rites at the time of the death of the estimated two million people who perished during their rule (1975–79). Since then, however, memorials have been erected and commemorative ceremonies performed, both public and private, especially at former execution sites, known widely as 'the killing fields'. The physical remains themselves, as well as images of skulls and the haunting photographs of prisoners destined for execution, have come to serve as iconic representations of that tragic period in Cambodian history and have been deployed in contested interpretations of the regime and its overthrow.

Keywords: Cambodia; Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia; Khmer Rouge; dark tourism; memorialisation

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: Permanent People's Tribunal, UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme

Publication date: September 1, 2015

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