What are the challenges of achieving justice and reconciliation in post-conflict societies?

Pol Pot, or Brother Number One, was the leader of the Khmer Rouge. He was born Saloth Sar to farmers in rural Cambodia in 1925. Pol Pot was a bright student and ... Secretary,” in Pol Pot Plans the Future: Confidential Leadership Documents from Democratic Kampuchea, 1976-1977, ed. David Chandler, et al. (New Haven: Yale ... May 2, 2023 ... Why did no one do anything?” Again answers flitted through my mind ... Pol Pot's center. The tragedy is that the former had largely ... Sep 1, 1999 ... How could the gentle Buddhist Cambodians become so violent? What kind of evil genius was Pol Pot, who presided over the slaughter of more than a ... Pol Pot's reported death should not be viewed as a final closing of the Khmer Rouge chapter in. Cambodia's history, Amnesty International said today. Pol Pot wanted to create an agrarian utopia, to return Cambodia to the glory days of the Angkor Empire before the country was corrupted by foreigners. Apr 26, 2020 ... Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Enver Hoxha, Saddam Hussien, and Pol Pot. Sure, they were ruthless leaders — but more importantly, what did they eat? Mar 10, 2005 ... "What did you do?" "We killed them," the soldier answered ... All communist states did some of the things Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge did ... Only after three years of forced labour did she learn that Pol Pot was the boy she had raised decades before. As one of only few dancers, she managed to ... Oct 23, 2014 ... Isn't that what religious individuals have a tendency to do when their beliefs are questioned? Witness the tremendous row about “Life of Brian”.