Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)

As trial proceeds, over forty IFEX members urge the Cambodian government to drop charges facing detained rights defender and broadcaster Mam Sonando.

The director of a Cambodian NGO was threatened after criticising the government’s land demarcation strategy during an interview with Radio Free Asia.

Mam Sonando’s willingness to criticise the government and condemn forced evictions and land grabbing have seen him put behind bars on two previous occasions.

Long Panha was beaten while taking part in a peaceful demonstration by factory employees calling for a resolution to an ongoing dispute.

The Appeal Court upheld the convictions of the women but reduced the sentences to one month and three days – the time served since their convictions.

The silencing of certain radio channels to coincide with the recent commune elections exemplifies the government’s determination in its attempts to stifle the media and curtail freedom of expression and information in order to secure political and electoral support, said CCHR.

Thirteen women affected by the land conflict at Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak Lake who have led protests against the eviction were handed prison sentences.

*CCHR Freedom of Expression Alert – Phnom Penh, 24 **May 2012* *Cambodian Government**​** is drafting the **first ever Cyber Law* According to today’s article in *The Phnom Penh Post**​ entitled* ‘The “ill-willed spark cyber law: officials’, the Royal Government of Cambodia is drafting its first cyber law, a move designed to prevent “ill-willed groups or […]