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The Khmer Rouge Era in Cambodia lasted from 1975 to 1979, during which
time it is estimated the regime executed between 1.7 to 2.3 million people
out of a population of approximately 7.5 million people.

On several occasions we met people who were the only surviving members
of their families under the Khmer Rouge slaughter.

Ponhea Yat High School was built in the south of Phnom Penh in 1962.
In 1972, the Khmer Rouge converted it to a prison which they designated
as S-21 Tuol Sleng.

Of the 17,000 people who passed through it and were tortured there, less than
ten survived. Most were eventually brutally executed in the Killing Fields of
of Choeung Ek, 16km south of the city.

Today Tuol Sleng serves as a reminder of the past and as a museum and
memorial to those who suffered and who died there.

Whilst we were in Phnom Penh, the former head of S-21, the previous Khmer
Rouge Minister of Defense, 66-year-old Kaing Guek Ek, alias "Duch",
was undergoing a pre-trial hearing, accused of war crimes and crimes
against humanity.

The following images are taken at Tuol Sleng.