Media (1st – 5th Dec. 2025)
The Ministry of Information has rolled out two rounds of tighter rules for journalists in recent weeks, including requirements for “good conduct” reports, a clean complaint record and ministry-approved journalism certificates to obtain a press card or legally operate in news media, a shift press freedom advocates say tightens the vise on what little independent media remains.
After media and rights groups sounded the alarm over new regulations they say tighten the government’s hold on what remains of Cambodia’s independent press.
