Joint Statement: Drop Charges And Immediately Release Cambodian Journalist Mech Dara

Phnom Penh, October 1, 2024—We, the undersigned communities, media organisations and civil society groups, are calling for the immediate release of Cambodian journalist Mech Dara who was charged with incitement and sent to pretrial detention by the Phnom Penh Capital Court on October 1, 2024. A court prosecutor questioned Dara on Tuesday morning and the

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Statement on the passing of John McBeth

New Zealand-born John McBeth, one of Asia’s pre-eminent journalists with a record of scrupulous and ground-breaking reporting, died on December 7 after a short illness. He was 79. Over a career spanning more than 62 years McBeth’s reporting helped shape events in countries including South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia. McBeth was

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Joint Statement: Government advances censorship of critical news sites in the lead-up to national elections.

Phnom Penh, July 18, 2023– We, the undersigned institutions, express serious concern over the government’s decision to block critical media websites and a public database ahead of the national election as a serious violation of the people’s right to information. Last week, the Ministry of Information ordered the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) to block

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Joint Statement: Media and civil society groups deeply disturbed by government’s decision to revoke VOD’s media license and the sexual harassment of a female reporter

Phnom Penh, February 13, 2023 – We, the undersigned media and civil society organizations, are deeply disturbed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order to revoke the license of Voice of Democracy (VOD), one of the last remaining independent media outlets in Cambodia. We also condemn the recent sexual harassment and intimidation of a female VOD

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