Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)

Several civil society groups have warned that women and children are at risk of abuse in quarantine centers or at home as some areas in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh are placed under lockdown.

The Sub-Decree on the Establishment of the National Internet Gateway violates Cambodia’s international human rights obligations and its Constitution, by threatening human rights online and offline, particularly the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, and privacy.

Civil society groups in Cambodia denounced the arrest of five forestry activists who were collecting evidence of widespread illegal logging inside the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.

57 civil society groups, including IFEX, have signed a statement urging the Cambodian government to stop harassing independent media outlets and their journalists. Between January and May 2020, Cambodian authorities have summoned and questioned at least a dozen journalists for their reporting.

ARTICLE 19 and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights’ full statement during the interactive dialogue on Cambodia at the 45th Session of the Human Rights Council.

The draft Law on Public Order raises serious concerns for the exercise of freedom of peaceful assembly and association in Cambodia, allows for arbitrary infringements on the right to freedom of expression and will exacerbate discrimination against women.

Covering the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, the monitoring report showed that the space to exercise fundamental freedoms continues to be restricted in Cambodia.

30 organizations, including IFEX, have signed a statement asking Cambodia to create an independent and impartial commission to thoroughly investigate the murder of political analyst Kem Ley in 2016, and bring all those responsible to justice.