Articles - Cambodia
2 May 2012
Cambodia
Environmental activist killed during confrontation with military police
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered an investigation into the death of a prominent anti-logging activist during a confrontation with military police.
4 April 2012
Cambodia
Authorities rid city of dissent ahead of ASEAN summit
Cambodia's commitment to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) claim that the regional body is "people-oriented" rang hollow as authorities prevented a workshop on Burma's human rights situation from happening at an ASEAN conference in Phnom Penh, reports the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR).
24 August 2011
Cambodia
Crackdown on critical groups confirms civil society fears of forthcoming NGO law
Organisations critical of a government project to rebuild a railway link that could displace thousands of families have been suspended or told to toe the government line, reports the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR). Critics say it's a sign of what's to come if a controversial bill that aims to regulate the country's non-governmental groups gets passed.
10 August 2011
Cambodia
Journalists and activists agitating for rights targeted
Two newspapers critical of the Cambodian ruling party were shut down permanently, while five men were convicted of "provocation" for distributing pamphlets critical of the state last week, reports the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR). In another part of the country, an outspoken land rights activist was shot at last month.
5 January 2011
Cambodia
New penal code used to trample on free expression
A Cambodian man who shared web articles with two of his colleagues was convicted on incitement charges and sentenced to six months in jail under a new penal code, reports Human Rights Watch, which called the use of the law "a huge step backward for free expression in Cambodia."
6 October 2010
Cambodia
Rainsy sentence blows apart pretence of democracy
The latest conviction of Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy on trumped up charges is a clear example of the country's deteriorating free expression situation and a government that is no longer interested in appearing democratic, say Human Rights Watch and ARTICLE 19. That the government is using the judiciary to silence dissent - and that such attacks are putting democracy at risk - is a key finding in a new report launched by ARTICLE 19, Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and 15 other Cambodian and international organisations and unions.
10 March 2010
Cambodia
Independent media under attack
Threats, intimidation and legal action from the Cambodian government have "whittled down" independent media in the country, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a new report. And free expression restrictions in the new criminal code will severely reduce journalists' ability to report on corruption within the ruling elite and private sector abuses.
7 October 2009
Cambodia
State muzzles critical voices; civil groups join forces
Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand on 23 September, Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy accused his government of targeting journalists and members of civil society in its repression of critical voices, reports the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA). Meanwhile, civil society groups in Cambodia are working to set up a media defense network that would provide legal aid to journalists.
22 July 2009
Cambodia
Officials target enemies with 'disinformation' laws
Freedom of expression is under attack in Cambodia, with government officials increasingly getting away with misusing criminal defamation, disinformation and incitement laws to crack down on critics, say the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), SEAPA partners, and Human Rights Watch.
1 August 2008
Cambodia
PARCIALIDAD DE LOS MEDIOS RESTA LEGITIMIDAD A ELECCIONES, DICE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
1 August 2008
Cambodia
INFRACCIONES A LA LIBERTAD DE PRENSA A LA BAJA EN COLOMBIA, DICE LA FLIP
1 August 2008
Cambodia
LE PARTI PRIS DES MÉDIAS ÔTE SA LÉGITIMITÉ À L'ÉLECTION, DIT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
30 July 2008
Cambodia
MEDIA BIAS DELEGITIMISES ELECTION, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Free and fair elections were out of reach for Cambodians last week, partly because of the ruling party's near-monopoly on broadcast media, say Human Rights Watch and other IFEX members.
18 July 2008
Cambodia
PERIODISTA ASESINADO ANTES DE ELECCIONES
18 July 2008
Cambodia
UN JOURNALISTE EST TUÉ À LA VEILLE DES ÉLECTIONS
16 July 2008
Cambodia
JOURNALIST KILLED AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
A journalist working for a pro-opposition newspaper was gunned down along with his son in Phnom Penh on 12 July, just weeks before the general election, report the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) and the Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists (CAPJ).
16 March 2007
Cambodia
GRUPOS DE DERECHOS HUMANOS MARCHAN A FAVOR DE LIBRE EXPRESIÓN
16 March 2007
Cambodia
DES GROUPES DE DÉFENSE DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE MARCHENT EN FAVEUR DE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION
14 March 2007
Cambodia
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS MARCH FOR FREE EXPRESSION
The Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia (AFEC) is leading a 314-kilometre march for freedom of expression, non-violence and political tolerance in Cambodia ahead of commune council elections that start next week, reports the Southeast Asia Press Alliance (SEAPA).
20 January 2006
Cambodia
SE INTENSIFICA OFENSIVA CONTRA CRÍTICOS DEL GOBIERNO
20 January 2006
Cambodia
LA RÉPRESSION DES CRITIQUES DU GOUVERNEMENT PREND DE L'AMPLEUR
11 January 2006
Cambodia
CRACKDOWN ON GOVERNMENT CRITICS INTENSIFIES
IFEX members are calling attention to Cambodia, where authorities have recently arrested three human rights activists and launched at least nine criminal defamation lawsuits in an attempt to silence government critics and political opponents.
28 October 2005
Cambodia
LE PREMIER MINISTRE ENTREPREND DE RÉPRIMER LES CRITIQUES
28 October 2005
Cambodia
PRIMER MINISTRO LANZA OFENSIVA CONTRA CRÍTICOS
26 October 2005
Cambodia
PRIME MINISTER LAUNCHES CRACKDOWN ON CRITICS
In what may be the most severe assault on dissent in Cambodia in years, Prime Minister Hun Sen has launched a crackdown on government critics, ordering the arrests of a prominent radio station director and several other civil society leaders, report the Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists (CAPJ), the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) Human Rights Watch, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and ARTICLE 19.
27 June 2005
Cambodia
ARTICLE 19 PROMEUT L'ACCÈS À L'INFORMATION AU CAMBODGE
27 June 2005
Cambodia
ARTICLE 19 PROMUEVE ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN EN CAMBOYA
22 June 2005
Cambodia
ARTICLE 19 PROMOTES ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN CAMBODIA
Free expression advocates in Cambodia have called on the Cambodian government to draft and enact an access to information law, saying it would enhance the credibility of the government and provide a crucial tool for fighting corruption and poverty.
4 March 2005
Cambodia
L'AUTOCENSURE PREND DE L'AMPLEUR DANS UN CLIMAT D'INCERTITUDE POLITIQUE
4 March 2005
Cambodia
AUTOCENSURA CRECIENTE EN MEDIO DE INCERTIDUMBRE POLÍTICA
2 March 2005
Cambodia
SELF-CENSORSHIP GROWING AMID POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY
In Cambodia, political uncertainty is having a ripple effect in the media, with self-censorship among journalists on the rise, warns the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA). Journalists say the recent decision by the National Assembly to strip three opposition party members of parliamentary immunity is making media outlets think twice about how they cover political issues.
29 October 2003
Cambodia
UN JOURNALISTE DE LA RADIO EST ASSASSINÉ
24 October 2003
Cambodia
PERIODISTA RADIOFÓNICO ASESINADO
22 October 2003
Cambodia
RADIO JOURNALIST MURDERED
Chuor Chetharith, the deputy editor-in-chief of a radio station in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was shot and killed by two unidentified men on 18 October, prompting the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to call for an immediate investigation.
11 February 2003
Cambodia
ACCUSATIONS PORTÉES CONTRE DES JOURNALISTES ENVOIENT UN SIGNAL DE MAUVAIS AUGURE
11 February 2003
Cambodia
CARGOS CONTRA PERIODISTAS ENVÍAN SEÑAL OMINOSA
11 February 2003
Cambodia
CHARGES AGAINST JOURNALISTS SEND OMINOUS SIGNAL
As Cambodia prepares for national elections in July, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have expressed concern that the recent arrest of two journalists in Cambodia in the wake of anti-Thai riots is sending an ominous signal to the international community about the country's press-freedom situation.
29 January 2002
Cambodia
ES NECESARIA ASISTENCIA EN DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PARA GRUPOS DE PRENSA
29 January 2002
Cambodia
LES GROUPES DE PRESSE ONT BESOIN D'AIDE INTERNATIONALE
29 January 2002
Cambodia
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED FOR PRESS GROUPS
The Cambodian press must forge links with international organisations to improve its ability to carry out effective monitoring of press freedom abuses and advocacy work, concludes a workshop recently conducted by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA).
8 January 2002
Cambodia
CAMBODIAN JOURNALISTS GATHER FOR FREE EXPRESSION WORKSHOP
Cambodia's many journalist associations are set to gather together next week for a workshop on free expression and press freedom issues in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, thanks to organisational help from the Southeast Asia Press Alliance (SEAPA) and funding support from the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC) and IFEX's Development Outreach programme.
15 August 2000
Cambodia
MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN SE ENFRENTAN A DESAFÍOS NUEVOS Y VIEJOS
15 August 2000
Cambodia
LES MÉDIAS DEVANT DES DÉFIS, TANT ANCIENS QUE NOUVEAUX
15 August 2000
Cambodia
MEDIA FACES NEW AND OLD CHALLENGES
Despite its grisly history of persecution and harassment under the Khmer Rouge, years of civil war and coup d'états, the Cambodian media is today "lively and largely fearless," says Lin Neumann in an article published on the websites of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA). From 1975 to 1979, in its bid to impose radical agrarian socialism, the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot killed most of Cambodia's intellectuals and almost all journalists. Neumann notes that only ten journalists working prior to that time are known to be still living. After Pol Pot was ousted by a Vietnamese invasion in 1979, the country continued in struggle through civil war for another 12 years. In 1991, peace accords granted the United Nations (UN) the roles of peace keeping and establishing a free press. At this time, the press was in "dire straits," says Neumann. With no media infrastructure in Cambodia, newspapers were sent to Thailand to be printed. In 1997, the press underwent another upheaval with a coup by communist leader Hun Sen, which led to the withdrawal of the UN and the fleeing of dozens of pro-opposition journalists.
29 June 1999
Cambodia
MEDIOS LIBRES EMERGEN DESPUÉS DE AÑOS DE REPRESIÓN
29 June 1999
Cambodia
APRÈS DES ANNÉES DE RÉPRESSION, LA PRESSE LIBRE REVIENT
24 June 1999
Cambodia
FREE PRESS EMERGING AFTER YEARS OF REPRESSION
Cambodia's small English-language press is contributing to free expression in the country, reports the International Press Institute's "IPI Report" (Second Quarter 1999.) Born under the auspices of the United Nations in the early 90s after decades of war, the "Cambodia Daily" and the "Phnom Penh Post" are the only two United States-owned independent newspapers in Southeast Asia. David Lamb writes that readership for both of the English-language papers comprises government officials, diplomats, journalists, investors, policy-makers and English-speaking Cambodians, both in the country and abroad.
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