Committee to Protect Journalists - Cambodia tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2012-04-26T22:03:12Z Movable Type 4.34-en Cambodian activist killed while helping journalists tag:cpj.org,2012://1.19248 2012-04-26T21:30:29Z 2012-04-26T22:03:12Z Committee to Protect Journalists Unspoiled swaths of Koh Kon province have been deforested, a story that has proved extraordinarily sensitive. (Reuters/Samrang Pring)

New York, April 26, 2012--Cambodian authorities should thoroughly investigate a violent confrontation that led to the deaths of a police officer and an activist who was taking two journalists to a logging site said to be illegal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

]]> Cambodia orders popular blog blocked tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16849 2011-02-23T20:07:16Z 2011-02-23T20:16:37Z Committee to Protect Journalists
Bangkok, February 23, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by reports that Cambodian authorities have ordered local Internet service providers to block a number of websites, including the popular KI Media news aggregator and commentary blog, considered critical of the government.
]]> Cambodia suppresses question on '97 grenade attack tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16582 2011-01-24T18:30:51Z 2011-01-24T18:34:39Z Bangkok, January 24, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that Cambodian officials deleted digital recordings and confiscated recording equipment from a number of journalists who covered a January 21 government press conference in Phnom Penh.... Committee to Protect Journalists Bangkok, January 24, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that Cambodian officials deleted digital recordings and confiscated recording equipment from a number of journalists who covered a January 21 government press conference in Phnom Penh.

]]> Cambodia must ensure release of Japanese photographer tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16359 2010-12-06T18:44:09Z 2010-12-06T19:21:39Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, December 6, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the government of Cambodia to ensure the release of Japanese photographer Go Takayama. According to the English-language Phnom Penh Post and the online magazine for the National Press Photographers Association, Takayama was arrested on November 23 after photographing a married couple inside a home. Undercover police detained him and he was eventually charged with "producing pornography for the purpose of distributing pornographic content," the Post reported.]]> Cambodian journalist released from prison in amnesty tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14610 2010-04-27T19:24:04Z 2010-04-28T16:20:04Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, April 27, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the April 13 release from prison of Hang Chakra, editor and publisher of the opposition-aligned Khmer Machas Srok daily newspaper in Cambodia.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2009: Asia Developments tag:cpj.org,2010://1.13912 2010-02-16T05:02:30Z 2010-02-15T19:53:41Z h7 {float:none;width:auto;height:auto;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:normal; margins:5px;}... Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ ]]> Cambodian editor sentenced on 'disinformation' charge tag:cpj.org,2009://1.11429 2009-06-26T19:16:45Z 2009-08-13T19:41:19Z New York, June 26, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the sentencing today of Hang Chakra, editor-in-chief of the opposition Khmer-language daily Khmer Machas Srok, to one year in prison stemming from his reports on alleged government corruption.... Committee to Protect Journalists Khmer Machas Srok, to one year in prison stemming from his reports on alleged government corruption. ]]> Journalist shot and killed in run-up to elections tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.6555 2008-07-14T16:00:00Z 2008-07-14T16:00:00Z New York, July 14, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of journalist Khem Sambo and calls upon Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to immediately launch an independent investigation into the killing. CPJ is concerned that Sambo may have been targeted in reprisal for his reporting on government corruption.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, July 14, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of journalist Khem Sambo and calls upon Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to immediately launch an independent investigation into the killing. CPJ is concerned that Sambo may have been targeted in reprisal for his reporting on government corruption.

A journalist with the opposition-aligned Khmer-language daily paper Moneaseka Khmer, Sambo was shot twice while riding his motorcycle with his 21-year-old son on July 11 in the capital of Phnom Penh, according to international and local news reports. He died later in the hospital. His son was also shot and killed, the reports say.

]]> Journalist shot and killed in run-up to elections tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.6556 2008-07-14T04:00:00Z 2008-07-14T04:00:00Z New York, July 14, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of journalist Khem Sambo and calls upon Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to immediately launch an independent investigation into the killing. CPJ is concerned that Sambo may have been targeted in reprisal for his reporting on government corruption.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, July 14, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of journalist Khem Sambo and calls upon Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to immediately launch an independent investigation into the killing. CPJ is concerned that Sambo may have been targeted in reprisal for his reporting on government corruption.

A journalist with the opposition-aligned Khmer-language daily paper Moneaseka Khmer, Sambo was shot twice while riding his motorcycle with his 21-year-old son on July 11 in the capital of Phnom Penh, according to international and local news reports. He died later in the hospital. His son was also shot and killed, the reports say.

]]> Newspaper publisher released tag:216.139.245.96,2008:/cases//9.143 2008-06-15T16:00:00Z 2008-06-15T16:00:00Z June 15, 2008 Posted: July 14, 2008 Dam Sith, Moneakseka Khmer RELEASED Cambodian publisher and editor Dam Sith was released from Phnom Penh's Prey Sar prison on June 15 after being detained for over a week on criminal defamation and disinformation charges for an article published in his daily Khmer-language... Committee to Protect Journalists June 15, 2008

Posted: July 14, 2008

Dam Sith, Moneakseka Khmer
RELEASED

Cambodian publisher and editor Dam Sith was released from Phnom Penh's Prey Sar prison on June 15 after being detained for over a week on criminal defamation and disinformation charges for an article published in his daily Khmer-language newspaper Moneakseka Khmer, according to news reports.

]]> Journalist jailed on defamation, disinformation charges tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.6554 2008-06-10T16:00:00Z 2008-06-10T16:00:00Z New York, June 10, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of Dam Sith, editor-in-chief of the opposition-aligned, Khmer-language daily newspaper Moneakseka Khmer. Dam Sith was arrested on Sunday by plainclothes police at a car wash and interrogated for several hours at the national military police headquarters in the... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, June 10, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of Dam Sith, editor-in-chief of the opposition-aligned, Khmer-language daily newspaper Moneakseka Khmer.

Dam Sith was arrested on Sunday by plainclothes police at a car wash and interrogated for several hours at the national military police headquarters in the capital, Phnom Penh. A criminal court charged Dam Sith the same day with defamation and disinformation in connection with an April 18 article on a speech by opposition politician Sam Rainsy, according to a joint statement from the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, and the Cambodian League for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (LICADHO).

]]> Reporter flees Cambodia after death threat tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.6535 2008-05-01T16:00:00Z 2008-05-01T16:00:00Z New York, May 1, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the latest in a series of anonymous threats received by Radio Free Asia (RFA) investigative reporter Lem Pichpisey in Cambodia. On April 10, Pichpisey’s 11-year-old daughter found six AK-47 rifle bullets placed neatly in a row in... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, May 1, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the latest in a series of anonymous threats received by Radio Free Asia (RFA) investigative reporter Lem Pichpisey in Cambodia.

On April 10, Pichpisey’s 11-year-old daughter found six AK-47 rifle bullets placed neatly in a row in front of his family’s house in western Battambang province. According to RFA Senior Editor Daniel Southerland, such a warning could be construed as a death threat in a Cambodian context. Pichpisey was investigating a drug trafficking case involving a casino, a high-ranking police officer, and the murder of a drug suspect in the western border town of Poi Pet, according to Southerland.

]]> Journalist threatened, victim of hit-and-run accident tag:216.139.245.96,2008:/cases//9.142 2008-02-15T17:00:00Z 2008-02-15T17:00:00Z FEBRUARY 15, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 Khuon Phlay Vy, aka Sar Keo Virak, Sakal THREATENED, VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT Khuon Phlay Vy, editor of the Khmer language daily newspaper Sakal, received a threat by telephone on February 15 over a story his publication ran on the same day about... Committee to Protect Journalists FEBRUARY 15, 2008
Posted March 5, 2008

Khuon Phlay Vy, aka Sar Keo Virak, Sakal
THREATENED, VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT

Khuon Phlay Vy, editor of the Khmer language daily newspaper Sakal, received a threat by telephone on February 15 over a story his publication ran on the same day about an illegal gambling den in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Keng Kang II commune, according to information received by the Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists (CAPJ), a local press freedom group.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2007: Cambodia tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.6728 2008-02-05T16:42:00Z 2008-02-05T17:00:00Z CAMBODIA Government suppression of a hard-hitting investigative report that implicated senior government officials in illegal logging represented a significant reversal of the modest press freedom gains of the previous two years. Britain-based environmental watchdog Global Witness released the 95-page report, “Family Trees,” on June 1 and several local media groups... Committee to Protect Journalists CAMBODIA
Government suppression of a hard-hitting investigative report that implicated senior government officials in illegal logging represented a significant reversal of the modest press freedom gains of the previous two years.

Britain-based environmental watchdog Global Witness released the 95-page report, “Family Trees,” on June 1 and several local media groups detailed its findings, which included accusations against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s family and personal bodyguard unit. Four days later, the Information Ministry banned and moved to confiscate hard copies of the report, claiming that its conclusions could “incite political problems.” Information Minister Khieu Kanarith was quoted in the local media as saying that the confiscation “does not concern the freedom to publish and disseminate information, which the government strongly supports.”
]]> Arson attack follows anonymous threat against Cambodian journalist tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.6046 2007-08-15T16:00:00Z 2007-08-15T16:00:00Z NEW YORK, August 15, 2007— The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Cambodian government to launch an independent investigation into the recent arson attack on the home of Phan Phat, a journalist with the local Khmer language newspaper Chbas Kar. According to local press freedom groups and news reports,... Committee to Protect Journalists NEW YORK, August 15, 2007— The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Cambodian government to launch an independent investigation into the recent arson attack on the home of Phan Phat, a journalist with the local Khmer language newspaper Chbas Kar.

According to local press freedom groups and news reports, Phat’s wooden house was set ablaze by unknown assailants at around 4 a.m. on August 10 in the Boeng Khnar commune of Porsat province. The small blaze was quickly extinguished and Phat and his family escaped without injury. Phat was quoted by local media as saying that he had received an anonymous phone call threatening to give him a “gift” the day before the attack, according to the same reports.

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