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A man views the Kamnotra website on his computer in a Phnom Penh coffee shop on June 21, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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New Interactive Database Expands Access to Public Information

21 Jun 2023 6:16 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

A new online platform, Kamnotra, launched on Tuesday by the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM), aiming to consolidate access to public data in English and Khmer.

Radio station owner Sok Oudom is escorted by police as he leaves the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court where he was tried on November 3. Khuon Narim

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Online journalists most targeted in free press crackdown, report says

29 Mar 2021 9:13 PM|

Journalists were subjected to violence, threats and criminal charges in 2020, as the Cambodian government targeted the free press but did not investigate crimes against reporters and editors, according to a new report.

The Information Ministry revoked a journalist association and news license from Prum San last week, who was also fired as a ministry advisor. Panha Chhorpoan

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Information Ministry advisor stripped of position, news outlet license

15 Mar 2021 7:57 PM|

An Information Ministry advisor was fired from his position, and a journalist association and Facebook news page he runs had their licenses revoked after he posted a picture of a packaged golf kit which he mistook for the first person to die from COVID-19.

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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Gov’t says journalist groups “interfering” in Cambodia Daily incitement case

26 Feb 2021 7:25 PM|

Government officials said civil society calls for dropping charges against two former Cambodia Daily reporters in a 2017 incitement case was tantamount to interfering with court procedures.

A man is vaccinated for Covid-19 at a hospital in Phnom Penh on Thursday, February 25, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Chinese-language editor to be deported over “fake news” vaccine sales

25 Feb 2021 8:27 PM|

The editor of Chinese-language news website Angkor Today will be deported from Cambodia after publishing a story claiming that coronavirus vaccines were being sold improperly out of Calmette hospital, officials said, as the tally for cases related to connected to the February 20 outbreak rose to 194 cases.

District security guards prevent journalists from taking photographs and conducting interviews outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court during the trial of former CNRP members and affiliates on January 13. Panha Chhorpoan

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Reporters remain unclear on scope of police powers in new directive on interference by media

6 Feb 2021 8:21 PM|

Authorities doubled down on threats of legal action against reporters who “interfere” in police investigations after four media associations on Friday called for clarification of a new directive, but the scope of police powers remains unclear, journalists and advocates said.

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Provincial journalist convicted for reporting military-linked land dispute

22 Dec 2020 7:46 PM|

A Kampong Chhnang court convicted and sentenced a radio station owner to 20 months in prison on Tuesday for reporting about a land conflict between villagers and military officials in the province.

Media fixer Rath Rott Mony speaks about his time in a Phnom Penh prison on Saturday, after serving a two-year conviction for incitement. Panha Chhorpoan

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Released RT media fixer shifts focus to his retrial, uniting with exiled family

15 Dec 2020 4:32 PM|

Rath Rott Mony sits at a Phnom Penh café over the weekend, dressed in a blue shirt and grey trousers – gone are the orange prison overalls. The media fixer and translator was released from prison on Friday.

A screenshot of a video provided by Kin Sary shows logs being transported in Kratie province on November 16.

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Journalist alleges threats from Kratie Military Police official over illegal logging story

12 Dec 2020 4:48 PM|

A Kratie journalist has alleged that the provincial Military Police commander threatened him for reporting a story of illegal timber transports, where sources claimed the Military Police facilitated the movement of luxury logs.

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New Interactive Database Expands Access to Public Information

Online journalists most targeted in free press crackdown, report says

Information Ministry advisor stripped of position, news outlet license

Gov’t says journalist groups “interfering” in Cambodia Daily incitement case

Chinese-language editor to be deported over “fake news” vaccine sales

Reporters remain unclear on scope of police powers in new directive on interference by media

Provincial journalist convicted for reporting military-linked land dispute

Released RT media fixer shifts focus to his retrial, uniting with exiled family

Journalist alleges threats from Kratie Military Police official over illegal logging story

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New Interactive Database Expands Access to Public Information

Online journalists most targeted in free press crackdown, report says

Information Ministry advisor stripped of position, news outlet license

Gov’t says journalist groups “interfering” in Cambodia Daily incitement case

Chinese-language editor to be deported over “fake news” vaccine sales

Reporters remain unclear on scope of police powers in new directive on interference by media

Provincial journalist convicted for reporting military-linked land dispute

Released RT media fixer shifts focus to his retrial, uniting with exiled family

Journalist alleges threats from Kratie Military Police official over illegal logging story

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