| Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum | |
|---|---|
| Cambodian National Museum Former Security Prison 21 by the Santebal | |
 The exterior of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, 2006 | |
  Location of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum within Cambodia | |
| Coordinates | 11°32′58″N 104°55′04″E / 11.54944°N 104.91778°E |
| Other names | S-21 |
| Known for | Genocide, mass murder and torture of enemies of the Khmer Rouge |
| Location | St.113, Boeung Keng Kang III, Khan Boeng Keng Kang, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Operated by | Khmer Rouge |
| Commandant | Kang Kek Iew |
| Original use | High school |
| Operational | S-21 as institution = August 1975, The buildings of the former high school = beginning 1976[1] |
| Inmates | Political enemies of the Khmer Rouge, ethnic minorities, religious minorities and leaders. |
| Number of inmates | 18,145 prisoners, probably more |
| Killed | 18,133 (source: ECCC list of the inmates by the co-prosecutors in Case 001/01) |
| Liberated by | People's Army of Vietnam |
| Notable inmates | Bou Meng, Chum Mey, and Vann Nath |
| Website | tuolsleng.gov.kh |
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (Khmer: សារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង, romanized: Saromontir Ukredth Kamm Braly Pouchsasa Tuol Sleng), or simply Tuol Sleng (Khmer: ទួលស្លែង, Tuŏl Slêng [tuəl slaeŋ]; lit. "Hill of the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill"), is a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide. Located in Phnom Penh, the site is a former secondary school which was used as Security Prison 21 (S-21; Khmer: មន្ទីរស-២១) by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. From 1976 to 1979, an estimated 20,000 people were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng and it was one of between 150 and 196 torture and execution centers established by the Khmer Rouge and the secret police known as the Santebal (literally "keeper of peace").[2] On 26 July 2010, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia convicted the prison's chief, Kang Kek Iew, for crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.[3] He died on 2 September 2020 while serving a life sentence.[4]
- ^ ECCC. Case 001/01.
- ^ Locard, Henri, State Violence in Democratic Kampuchea (1975–1979) and Retribution (1979–2004) Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, European Review of History, Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2005, pp.121–143.
- ^ "Case 001 | Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)". Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- ^ "Cambodia genocide: Khmer Rouge prison chief Comrade Duch dies". BBC News. 2 September 2020.