Media advocates in Cambodia say the government should use the country's press law rather than the threat of criminal charges to respond to errors in reporting.
A court in the capital Phnom Penh sentenced the 10 activists, who had been demonstrating in support of border activist and trade unionist Rong Chhun, to 20 months in prison, a defense lawyer and a rights group said.
Former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans sat down with VOA Khmer on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements to discuss its meaning in the context of modern-day Cambodia.
The country's plans to oversee all online traffic is making journalists think twice before reporting, analysts say.
Michelle Bachelet says the Cambodian government is clamping down hard on civic activists, perceived dissidents.
Media associations say Cambodia should use the country’s press law rather than a criminal prosecution for journalism cases.
Asia Centre executive director Robin Ramcharan discusses the reduction in online freedom of expression in Cambodia and increased surveillance of its rapidly growing number of internet users.
The Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association recorded 35 cases of harassment against 72 journalists in 2020, with imprisonment and violence the most common violations.
The victims, mainly from Africa and Asia, said they were ordered to create fake profiles on Tinder, WhatsApp, and Facebook to entice people into fraudulent investment schemes involving cryptocurrencies, foreign exchange, and shares.
New Zealand's worst terror attack was the Christchurch mosques shootings in March 2019, when a white supremacist gunman murdered 51 Muslim worshippers and severely wounded another 40.
Broadcasters must "resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal aesthetics," the TV regulator said, using an insulting slang term for effeminate men — "niang pao," or literally, "girlie guns."
The Accords helped end the civil war, after which Prime Minister Hun Sen eroded its democratic provisions. Yet, it could still provide a basis for a democratic future.
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