Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)

Events at recent demonstrations and protests indicate that the fundamental freedoms of expression and assembly in Cambodia are facing ever-greater interference and restriction at the hands of local and national authorities.

Murders, media bans and surveillance laws put growing pressures on civil society in Asia.

IFEX members call for end to Cambodian governments arrests and harassment of civil society and independent investigation of the killing of noted commentator Kem Ley.

Civil society groups ask ECOSOC to reconsider granting valued press freedom group and IFEX member, The Committee to Protect Journalists, consultative status at the UN.

Cambodian civil society groups are outraged at the brutal murder of independent political analyst and grassroots organiser Kem Ley, and call for a prompt, thorough and independent inquiry into his death.

A Cambodian Appeal Court has found guilty for a second time Boeng Kak land rights activist Yorm Bopha, in relation to an alleged attack on two motorbike taxi drivers in 2012.

IFEX members and regional partners urge Malaysian MPs to ensure media laws are in line with international standards on online freedom of expression and access to information.

In the April round-up: horrific attacks against secularists in Bangladesh, journalists arrested while protesting criminal defamation in the Maldives, crackdown on opposing voices in Cambodia, plus advocacy, awards and much more.