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Cambodia media stifled ahead of elections

The collapse of press freedom began in Cambodia a little less than a year ago, as Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) took the first steps to secure their victory in the 2018 general election this Sunday. Using tax laws and other legal instruments, the government has effectively silenced the country’s […]

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Cambodia paper’s closure illustrates abuse of tax laws

Observers worry that this month’s closure of an independent Cambodian newspaper in the face of an astronomical tax demand is the latest incident illustrating a global trend in which governments abuse tax laws to harass independent news media outlets and silence critical reporting. The English-language Cambodia Daily published its last print edition on Sept. 3 […]

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Environmental journalist killed in Cambodia

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the killing of Hang Serei Oudom, a reporter with the Cambodian local language newspaper Vorakchun Khmer Daily. According to reports, Oudom, who had been missing since Sunday evening, was found dead yesterday in an abandoned vehicle in a cashew nut plantation in the northern Ratanakiri province, with several […]

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New restrictions for legal commentators in Cambodia

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned about the Cambodian government’s efforts to restrict the capacity of lawyers to appear on national radio and television. On Friday, Feb. 8, the Ministry of Information made public an instruction given to radio and TV stations on Jan. 31, stipulating that lawyers could only be interviewed with prior […]

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