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I myself do not understand well the practice of freedom of expression in Cambodia because recently, an UN staff was arrested and jailed 6 months in prison and fined one million riel when he just printed information from website and gave it to his co-workers.
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith, 57, is one of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s closest confidants. The two have been close for almost 30 years and have experienced hardship and success together. As the official “voice” of Cambodia for the past seven years, Khieu Kanharith has become something of a rarity – a government leader [...]
I attended the first Congress of Press Council of Cambodia by focusing on “Matter Media†on December 22, at Pact Cambodia’s office. The representatives of Cambodian journalists from different local newspapers and associations were presenting about the matter of journalism happening in the country. Until now, the journalism sector is improving and better than [...]
Early this year, Cambodia has a piece of good news to impress the world. Reporters Without Borders released a new press freedom index ranking Cambodia at 85 among 169 countries in the world.
Though this figure seemed low regarding the respect for press freedom in a democracy, Cambodia’s ranking far surpassed that of [...]
According to the 2008 report released by Licadho, most of Cambodia’s media outlets are aligned to political parties, corruption and fear.
The report read that many Cambodian journalists have been attacked – physically or legally – and most feel vulnerable. Threats and fear have a direct influence on their work, and [...]
Last week; the opposition-affiliated newspaper’s editor had been arrested by the government officials on the charges of defamation, insult and disinformation by just quoting the remark from the SRP’s leader for publication. If the current Cambodia judicial system still regards the quotes of word from the senior government for republication as the defamation and [...]
(This articles published on the Cambodia Daily is written by Mr. Choeun Chhean Nariddth, Media Advisor at InterNews)
I’d like to add some concerns about the press freedom in Cambodian to the article “Association Reports Mixed Bag for Press Freedom†(Thursday, page25).
Apart from legal and physical threats against journalists, many other [...]
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