Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM)

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.

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.

34 IFEX members are supporting RSF’s initiative to create the position of a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Safety of Journalists.

Civil society groups express concern over the potential for overbroad anti-extremism practices to limit free expression

IFEX members call on the Government of Bahrain to stop the judicial harassment of Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, and to allow human rights defenders to exercise their right to freedom of expression.

Cambodian journalist Kin Sar and an unidentified citizen journalist were arrested as they covered a peaceful protest by Mother Nature environmental activists in front of Koh Kong Provincial court.

The proposed LANGO has been passed by the Cambodian National Assembly with minor amendments and approved by the Senate without any further discussion on the important concerns that civil society groups have raised.

Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.