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Khmer Rouge Sites in Cambodia - UNESCO Heritage site

July 16 , 2025 15 hrs 0 min 83 0

The UNESCO has added three Khmer Rouge-era torture and execution sites in Cambodia to the World Heritage List.
The inscription was made during the 47th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Paris.
The listing was coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge’s rise to power in 1975.
The three sites also include the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the M-13 prison in Kampong Chhnang province, and Choeung Ek killing field near Phnom Penh.
Tuol Sleng, formerly a high school, was used as the infamous S-21 prison where over 15,000 people were tortured and killed.
M-13 prison had served as one of the earliest Khmer Rouge detention centers in central Cambodia.
Choeung Ek was a mass execution site.
The Khmer Rouge regime had caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people through starvation, torture, and execution between 1975 and 1979.
Cambodia previously had four archaeological sites on the UNESCO list: Angkor, Preah Vihear, Sambo Prei Kuk, and Koh Ker.