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Angkar controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1979

    Fall of Democratic Kampuchea and exposure of atrocities

    The regime’s removal from Phnom Penh exposed the scale of violence associated with its revolutionary administration and security institutions.

  2. 1975

    Mass repression under Democratic Kampuchea

    Angkar’s governing system involved forced displacement, collectivized labor, persecution, imprisonment, torture, executions, and policies that caused mass death through starvation and disease.