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Journalists and NGO officials attend a World Press Freedom Day event in Phnom Penh on Monday, May 2, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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On Press Freedom Day, Journalists Warn of Worsening Restrictions

2 May 2022 11:27 PM|

Ahead of the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, some civil society groups say the press landscape of Cambodia has continued to deteriorate amidst official persecution, threats and the detention of 23 journalists during the first quarter of this year.

Rath Rott Mony and his family arrive in the U.S. state of New Mexico about two years after he was freed from Cambodian prison, where he was held for charges stemming from his work as a fixer for an RT documentary crew. Supplied photo, taken February 2022.

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Cambodian documentary fixer finds asylum in the U.S.

30 Mar 2022 3:53 PM|

A Cambodian fixer for a foreign media team has won political asylum in the U.S. after being imprisoned in 2018 for his work on a documentary about alleged sexual trafficking of underage girls in the kingdom.

A man drives a motorbike into the Ministry of Information in Phnom Penh, March 24, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Three online media outlets have had their licenses revoked

25 Mar 2022 1:30 PM|

Cambodian journalists said Thursday that the Ministry of Information’s decision not to renew the licenses of three online media outlets shows the government is cracking down on independent media and freedom of expression.

Incitement charges against former Cambodia Daily reporters Aun Pheap (above) and Zsombor Peter for reporting a story in Ratanakkiri province in 2017 were upheld by Tboung Khum province's regional court of appeal on Tuesday.

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Regional Court of Appeal upholds dropping of incitement charges against Ex-Daily reporters

5 Jan 2022 3:58 PM|

Tboung Khmum province’s regional court of appeal on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision to drop the incitement charges against former Cambodia Daily journalists Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter.

The two former Cambodia Daily reporters, charged with incitement, worked at the hard-hitting newspaper before it was forced to close in 2017 after being presented an exorbitant tax bill.CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Regional appeals court hears incitement case against ex-Cambodia Daily reporters

16 Dec 2021 8:29 PM|

Former Cambodia Daily reporters Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap have called for what they describe as “the bogus charge” of incitement levelled against them in connection to their reporting on the 2017 commune elections to be dismissed.

Eight journalists were convicted Thursday of extortion and sentenced to imprisonment after taking photos in a private area of a timber warehouse in June in Preah Vihear. Photo credited by The Association of Freedom for Cambodian Journalists

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Court hands prison sentences to eight journalists in timber extortion case

21 Oct 2021 9:19 PM|

The Preah Vihear provincial court on Thursday sentenced eight small-time journalists to prison after convicting them of extorting the owners of a timber warehouse in June.