Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)

Around 26 organizations, press associations, journalists, and civil society groups have organized an activity and released a statement in time for World Press Freedom Day highlighting the campaign for press freedom and the reforms needed to uphold freedom of expression in the country.

51 groups in Cambodia have signed a statement deploring the harassment and intimidation carried out by authorities against the striking workers of NagaWorld who are mostly women.

In a joint submission to the UN Human Rights Committee, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights and ARTICLE 19 highlight the declining situation for freedom of expression, information, and assembly in Cambodia.

Civil society groups in Cambodia welcome the release of 27 activists and human rights defenders but note that 60 others remain in detention. They also criticized the conditional release of prisoners since it means they are still under threat of being arrested again.

Cambodian civil society groups urge the government to stop harassing analysts and other critical voices after the prime minister issued a warning against several writers commenting on the country’s foreign policy.

Civil society groups said the Cambodian government should first ‘redress’ the country’s human rights situation so that the planned establishment of a National Human Rights Institution will become truly “independent, effective and credible.”

45 groups have signed a statement assailing the failure of the Cambodian government to conduct an independent probe regarding the death of prominent political analyst Kem Ley, who was killed in July 2016.

Several groups in Cambodia pressed for the “release all non-violent prisoners of conscience as a mitigation measure to minimize the risk posed by the spread of COVID-19.”