Articles by Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM)
Cambodia urged to strengthen press freedom to promote independent media
Organisations call on the Cambodian government, especially the Ministry of Information, the judicial system, media organizations, civil society and development partners to take a number of concrete steps to allow journalism to thrive.
Concern over proposed measures to ensure “political neutrality of NGOs” in Cambodia
Cambodian groups are concerned over the potential introduction of new measures banning staff of civil society organisations from giving media interviews or making statements deemed to have “insulted” political parties during election periods.
Cambodian civil society groups condemn arrest and conviction of protesters
Seven representatives of Cambodia’s Boeung Kak Lake community were sentenced to one year in prison and a US$500 fine each after protesting over alleged deliberate drainage problems. Their arrest “is extremely worrying, especially when taking into account the fact that five of them were previously jailed for peaceful activism.”
Rights groups call for freedom of expression protections in Cambodia
As violent crackdowns on freedom of expression have increased in Cambodia over the last year, rights groups and media are disturbed to observe a coinciding increase in impunity for the perpetrators of these crimes.
Cambodian journalist shot dead while documenting illegal logging
Journalist Taing Tri was killed in the early hours on 12 October 2014 in Kratie province, Cambodia while he was trying to photograph vehicles transporting illegal luxury wood.