Local press groups say Phnom Penh court decision to hand TVFB journalist suspended sentence could impact how other reporters cover pandemic.
State land can be leased for private development only if it loses its stated public use, though no justification has been given for reclassifying the flooded forest land.
Article 45 of the draft would allow authorities to fine or imprison people who “knowingly or intentionally” make false statements using information technology that could be detrimental to “public safety,” “national security” and “friendly relations of Cambodia and other countries.”
Sovann Rithy was arrested in early April and charged with incitement after he reported comments made by Hun Sen at a press conference.
Two journalists in Kratie province have filed a police complaint in Tbong Khmum province accusing unknown assailants of beating them while on a reporting trip to cover forestry crimes.
The findings, which will be submitted on Wednesday, detail the intimidation and reprisals faced by individuals and groups working with the multilateral organization’s human rights programs across the world.
Court action signals a significant escalation of ‘concerted onslaught of political persecution’ that the Cambodian government says is needed to ‘ensure harmonious living conditions’.
Nineteen unionists, youth, and rights activists have been placed under pre-trial detention on alleged incitement charges, according to the local rights group Licadho.
Nations accused of violating their citizens’ rights and freedoms will come under intense scrutiny by the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council during its upcoming three-week session, which begins on Monday.
The European Union on Friday expressed serious concern over the recent spate of arrests and detentions of youth and rights advocates, linked to a government crackdown on protests emanating from the arrest of trade unionist Rong Chhun.
The UN human rights office says Cambodia's alleged measures mark a deepening of the government's intolerance toward dissent.
The Ministry of Interior released a document on Monday removing Ouk Kosal from his position as Kampong Thom police chief and also made a request to demote him from the rank of lieutenant general to colonel.
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