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Journalists interview a source in Phnom Penh on April 23, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Legal Threats, Shrinking Aid and Press Freedom Threaten Cambodian Journalism

26 Jun 2025 9:42 AM|
Sovann Sreypich|

Press freedom in Cambodia continues to deteriorate amid rising legal threats, shrinking funds, and tighter restrictions, a report by the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) revealed, indicating a landscape of fear for media practitioners. The 2024 report also highlights the struggle of female reporters, calling for urgent reforms and stronger protections.

Phnom Penh security guards prevent a cameraman from filming a NagaWorld protest on February 24, 2022. Licadho

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UN says press freedom in Cambodia remains severely restricted

5 Aug 2022 5:40 PM|

The Cambodian government is increasingly restricting press freedom, a new report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) found, the same week that two…

Online journalist Kao Piseth arrives at Battambang Appeal Court to attend his appeal hearing on July 5, 2022. CamboJA/ Sok Savy

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Appeal Court Upholds Sentence Against Journalist Who Criticized Vaccines

5 Jul 2022 5:58 PM|

Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld the provincial court’s guilty verdict against a journalist who criticized the government’s use of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines.

Yuon Chhiv, the publisher of Koh Kong Hot News, in his home after he was released from prison. Supplied

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Digital publisher Yuon Chhiv released after eight months in prison

10 Jun 2022 2:47 PM|

Yuon Chhiv, the owner of Koh Kong media and the publisher of Koh Kong Hot News, was released late last month after serving eight months in prison.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son Hun Manet speaks during a World Press Freedom Day event in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Picture from Hun Manet’ Facebook

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Hun Manet says press freedom is alive and well in Cambodia

3 May 2022 8:35 PM|

The likely prime ministerial successor Hun Manet has downplayed worsening restrictions on press freedoms, as civil society groups continue to warn of a deteriorating space for civil rights.

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…

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…

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…

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.

Legal Threats, Shrinking Aid and Press Freedom Threaten Cambodian Journalism

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Cambodian documentary fixer finds asylum in the U.S.

Three online media outlets have had their licenses revoked

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