Publication : Report

This briefing note summarizes the joint report NGO, community organization and union report on freedom of expression entitled, Cambodia Gagged: Democracy at Risk? The Report finds that over the past year, freedom of expression has continued to be seriously undermined, with a Royal Government of Cambodia (the “RGC”) crackdown targeting the pillars of Cambodia’s democracy: opposition parliamentarians’ parliamentary immunity has been lifted to allow for politically motivated criminal charges of defamation, disinformation and incitement; journalists have been imprisoned or threatened with imprisonment; lawyers have been threatened with disbarment; human rights activists have been intimidated, harassed and punished; and the ‘criminalization’ of certain opinion has meant that the people have been denied their voice

Information Source : Briefing Paper on Freedom of Expression in Cambodia

• CCHR, AEC, BCV, CCPCR, CITA, CICA, LICADHO, CTSWF, CLA-RI, COMFREL, CLEC, CPN, IDEA, KKKHRDA, LAC, Star Kampuchea, Article 19