PANEL DISCUSSION

Join the AUPP Community for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), as part of our Together We Remember 2026, where we explore how journalism can expose propaganda and protect truth in environments where information is tightly controlled during the Khmer Rouge Regime.

Through the lens of Meeting with Pol Pot inspired by Elizabeth Becker’s experiences traveling to Cambodia at Pol Pot’s invitation we’ll examine how an authoritarian regime may portray itself as revolutionary, peaceful, and morally justified, while concealing systematic brutality. The panel focus: Understanding the Role of Journalism in Exposing Truth and Propaganda in Khmer Rouge Regime. Against the language of liberation, the film shows how ideology can be converted into strategy: coercion, fear, and destruction are framed as “necessary” for a promised future. Participants will discuss the distinct pressures journalists face under authoritarian rule, including:

- How propaganda narratives are constructed and repeated

- How journalists navigate fear, restrictions, and risk

- How evidence and witnesses are shaped, silenced, or erased

- How access and framing can either clarify reality or unintentionally reinforce falsehoods

Ultimately, we’ll ask: What does responsible journalism require when “truth” is contested?

🗓️ Wednesday, April 22, 2026

⏰ 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

📍 Legend Cinema, TK Avenue

Please reserve your ticket by scanning the QR code or registering here:

https://forms.gle/Sz8j9ttbWNCQpdA29

You’re welcome to join for discussion, learning, and collective reflection.

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Join the AUPP Community for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), featuring a panel on Understanding the Role of Journalism in Exposing Truth and Propaganda in the Khmer Rouge Regime.

Our guest speaker, H.E Ang Pich, is a Cambodian lawyer specializing in intellectual property, criminal law, and commercial law, with extensive experience advising businesses on protecting and enforcing their legal rights. He currently serves as Chairman of Founders and is the former President of the Intellectual Property Association of Cambodia (IPAC). Since 2009, he has served as National Lead Co-Lawyer for Civil Parties at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), representing victims before one of the region’s most significant international tribunals. Trained at CEIPI in France, he continues to contribute to Cambodia’s legal landscape and policy.

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Join the AUPP Community for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), featuring a panel on Understanding the Role of Journalism in Exposing Truth and Propaganda in the Khmer Rouge Regime.

Our featured speaker Kann Vicheika is an independent journalist based in Phnom Penh and has served as a reporter for Voice of America (VOA) Khmer since 2016, covering politics, human rights, social justice, and social issues for a major Cambodian audience. Previously, she reported for Voice of Democracy from 2014 to 2016. Her work earned her the Indigenous Voices in Asia (IVA) Regional Award from AIPP in 2015 for her documentary “My Land, My Life.” With extensive journalism training—including a Berlin study tour in 2017 and an International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) program in India in 2018—she brings thoughtful perspectives grounded in both law and field reporting.

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Join the AUPP Community for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), featuring a panel on Understanding the Role of Journalism in Exposing Truth and Propaganda in the Khmer Rouge Regime.

Luke Hunt is a Southeast Asia correspondent for The Diplomat with over three decades of reporting across the region, and he produces the Beyond the Mekong podcast. He previously served as bureau chief for Agence France-Presse in Cambodia and Afghanistan, including during the Taliban era. His Afghan reporting earned United Nations recognition. Hunt has also covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, taught at Pannasastra University, and is author of The Punji Trap, with multiple journalism honors.

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EDUCATIONAL FIEL TRIP

An educational field trip to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum will teach us important lessons about the genocide. We will learn how the Khmer Rouge turned a school into a place for detention and interrogation. The old classrooms, now prison rooms, and the photos of victims show the Khmer Rouge’s cruel acts.

Join us to visit this museum. It helps us remember history and think about what we can do to protect human rights and prevent tragedies in the future.

Here is the link for the S21 field trip:

https://forms.gle/9BbqoELjerb3dRc46

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An educational field trip to Tuol Sleng genocide Museum provide significant insights of the genocide and how the Khmer Rouge converted a school into detention and interrogation center. The preserved classrooms, now prison cells, and photographic records of the victims show a strong powerful evidence of the Khmer Rouge cruelty.

Join us to visit this museum which emphasized the importance of our historical awareness and the actions we can take to uphold human rights and prevent any tragedies in the future.

This is the link for S21 field trip.

https://forms.gle/9BbqoELjerb3dRc46

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EXHIBITION

We respectfully invite you to attend "Consent Denied: Reflecting on the legacy of forced marriage and sexual violence", an exhibition that examines the enduring consequences of forced marriage and sexual violence. Through photography, installation, sound, and text, the exhibition interrogates the cultural, institutional, and interpersonal mechanisms by which coercion is concealed, normalized, and enforced.

Exhibition themes

1. Silence: The unsaid that shelters harm.

2. The Absence of Traditional Ceremony: Rituals emptied of consent.

3. Surveillance — The All-Seeing Eye: Visibility as control.

Venue: American University of Phnom Penh

Dates: April 21th - 24th, 2026

Opening hours: 9:30 – 4:30 PM

Accessibility: Guided tours and facilitated conversations will be available for visitors who wish to engage with the material in a supported setting.

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We kindly invite you to the exhibition Consent Denied: Reflecting on the legacy of forced marriage and sexual violence,” which explores the long-term effects of these crimes. The show investigates how coercion is hidden, accepted, and enforced in institutional, interpersonal, and cultural contexts using photography, installation, sound, and text.

Exhibition themes

1. Silence: The unsaid that shelters harm.

2. The Absence of Traditional Ceremony: Rituals emptied of consent.

3. Surveillance — The All-Seeing Eye: Visibility as control.

Venue: American University of Phnom Penh

Dates: April 21th - 24th, 2026

Opening hours: 9:30 – 4:30 PM

Accessibility: Guided tours and facilitated conversations will be available for visitors who wish to engage with the material in a supported setting.

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FILM SCREENING

Are you prepared? As part of our Together We Remember 2026 celebration, join the AUPP Community for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) for a thought-provoking movie.

We would like to invite you to a free screening of the compelling documentary "Meeting with Pol Pot." The purpose of this event is to promote collective healing, education, and remembering. After the movie, stay for a panel discussion with experts who will analyze the film's themes and answer questions from the audience.

Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location: Legend Cinema, TK Avenue

Seats are free but limited

Please reserve your ticket by scanning the QR code or registering here: https://forms.gle/rib1Dt2CMjP97Dsv7

Note: This film contains intense historical themes. Viewer discretion advised.

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We extend our deepest thanks to the Bophana Center for their generous cooperation and support in allowing us to screen Rendez‑vous avec Pol Pot (Meeting with Pol Pot) and to share its trailer with our community. Your partnership has been vital in helping us bring this significant work to our audiences and in supporting our shared efforts to remember, learn, and heal.

Join the AUPP Community for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) for film screening and conversation as part of our Together We Remember 2026 observance. We are pleased to offer a complimentary screening of the powerful documentary Meeting with Pol Pot, directed by Rithy Panh. The film explores painful chapters of our region’s history with care and urgency, and we hope it will prompt reflection, discussion, and greater understanding.

Event details

Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time: Film screening 1:00–3:00 PM | Panel discussion 3:00–5:00 PM

Location: Legend Cinema, TK Avenue

Admission: Free (seats are limited)

Please reserve your ticket by scanning the QR code on our poster or registering here: https://forms.gle/rib1Dt2CMjP97Dsv7

Please note: This film contains intense historical themes and may be difficult for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

Again, our sincere appreciation to the Bophana Center for supporting this screening and the trailer your commitment to preserving memory and facilitating public conversation is greatly valued.

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Join the AUPP Community for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) for a meaningful evening of cinema as part of our Together We Remember 2026 observance.

We invite you to a complimentary screening of the powerful documentary "Meeting with Pol Pot." This event aims to foster remembrance, education, and collective healing. Stay after the film for a survivor-centered panel discussion featuring experts and witnesses who will help unpack the film’s themes and invite audience questions.

Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location: Legend Cinema, TK Avenue

Seats are free but limited

Please reserve your ticket by scanning the QR code or registering here: https://forms.gle/rib1Dt2CMjP97Dsv7

Note: This film contains intense historical themes. Viewer discretion advised.

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OPENING

We proudly present the theme for Together We Remember 2026: “Power and the destruction of Humanity in the Khmer Rouge Regime.”

Through historical analysis, survivor testimony, artistic reflection, and educational programming, we will examine how structures of control, destructive ideology, and state violence demolished individual lives, community bonds, moral choice, and dignity and how survivors and communities have responded. Our intent is to illuminate both the mechanisms of power that enabled mass suffering and the human cost of that devastation, fostering truthful remembrance, thoughtful dialogue, and pathways toward healing and reconciliation.

Join us for a program designed to deepen understanding and honor the memory of those who endured this period. For more information and additional resources will be made available soon.

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