Some 50 people including journalists, government officials, civil society organisation (CSO) and embassy representatives gathered at a hotel in Phnom Penh to mark International Day for Universal Access to Information.
A prominent Cambodian television journalist was reportedly killed in Phnom Penh in the early hours of Sept. 29 when he was attacked from behind while on his motorbike.
Two journalists in Kratie province have filed a police complaint in Tbong Khmum province accusing unknown assailants of beating them while on a reporting trip to cover forestry crimes.
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The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications’ proposed sub-decree on a National Internet Gateway has been roundly denounced by a wide range of critics who voiced concerns over the impact the law could have on innovation, research and free speech.
The idea that a prime minister or president would leak stories about one news organization to another is almost unheard of. It’s the type of job best left to the underlings but not in Cambodia, where one news portal has cited Prime Minister Hun Sen as its leak.https://bit.ly/30I9Tsz;
