A journalist and radio station owner in Kampong Chhnang province was jailed on Friday on incitement charges in relation to his “exaggerated and inciting” news coverage and comments on a land dispute, officials said.
Two former Radio Free Asia journalists accused of espionage said on Monday that their rights and livelihoods were restricted by a court decision to continue withholding their passports and ID cards following their release on bail.
News media should dare to speak the truth — especially against the “fake news” spread by “the outlawed rebel group and opportunists with foreigners behind them,” Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a letter to the Cambodian Editor Forum.
The culture of impunity surrounding attacks on journalists represents one of the single greatest threats to freedom of expression worldwide. We must use our freedom of expression to defend it, and to call out crimes against journalists.
UPDATED 5:55 p.m. — The Phnom Penh Municipal Court once again deferred its decision against two former Radio Free Asia journalists accused of espionage, with a judge announcing that the case against them would be reinvestigated.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has delayed issuing a verdict for two former Radio Free Asia reporters accused of espionage because the presiding judge is busy with a seminar for two days.
Nearly 200 people have been made advisers to the Information Ministry over the past two months, including several working journalists and editors. In two separate
There are no official documents that specify the exact projects being implemented under the Belt and Road Initiative in Cambodia.
An Appeal Court hearing on Friday for two Radio Free Asia reporters accused of espionage revealed that the investigation into their case was closed in March and they were in fact no longer under court supervision, their defense lawyer said.
A group of 50 Cambodian journalists has issued an open letter calling on the Appeal Court to drop charges against the two former Radio Free Asia (RFA) reporters and release them from judicial supervision when it meets tomorrow.
An eyewear company has been fined $3.5 million by an Australian court after falsely suggesting it was donating glasses to Cambodians “in need” for every pair it sold, according to Australia’s competition and consumer commission.
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