Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM)

Articles by Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM)

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - MAY 01: Municipal security guards gestures towards a journalist during the Labor Day demonstration near Freedom Park on May 1, 2014 in Phnom Penh., Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images

Organisations call on Cambodia to step up the fight against endemic impunity

To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, civil society groups and communities in Cambodia and beyond condemn the rampant impunity for attacks against journalists and human rights defenders, and call for immediate action to bring all perpetrators to account.

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#FreeJournalistsKH: Cambodian journalists Oun Chhin and Yeang Sothearin remain in detention for treason

The two former reporters of U.S. broadcaster Radio Free Asia face seven to 15 years in jail for treason and espionage.

Journalists wait in front of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) offices during the party's meeting, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 26 May 2016, AP Photo/Heng Sinith

Cambodia: CCIM report identifies challenges for independent media

Rising political tension ahead of the general elections and an accompanying wave of legal action against government critics has had a chilling effect on Cambodian journalists, according to a newly published CCIM report.

Kem Ley, 4 June, 2016, AP/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.

Statement of Solidarity in Support of MENA HRDs for IFEX25

NGOs around the world ask authorities to stop campaigns of repression against HRDs and civil society organisations in the Middle East and North Africa region

Protesters are detained by district authorities as they demonstrate in support of land rights activist Tep Vanny during her verdict in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 23 February 2017, REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodia failing to protect human rights defenders ahead of elections

78 civil society groups condemn the crackdown on dissent in the lead up to elections in Cambodia and call on the government to cease their unlawful attacks on human rights defenders.

Bahrain must end reprisals and harassment of human rights defender Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman

IFEX members call on the Government of Bahrain to stop the and judicial harassment and reprisals against Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman.

Six anti-constitutional referendum activists speak outside Bangkok's Remand Prison after a Thai military court ordered their release on bail, 6 July 2016, REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

Asia Pacific round-up: Kem Ley, Kashmir ban and Pakistan’s law

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