President Hun Sen’s order to shutdown Voice of Democracy (VOD), one of Cambodia’s last independent news media outlets, greatly imperils journalistic freedom in the country. With 92 other organisations, Reporters without Borders (RSF) condemns such an arbitrary decision and demands the immediate restoration of the VOD’s broadcasting licence.
The 97-page report, “Only ‘Instant Noodle’ Unions Survive: Union Busting in Cambodia’s Garment and Tourism Sectors,” documents how the Cambodian government and some employers have used various legal and administrative tactics during the Covid-19 pandemic to weaken Cambodia’s independent union movement and violate workers’ rights. Measures adopted to address the severe economic impacts of the pandemic have punished independent unions while benefitting employer-friendly unions, which could register quickly with the government, like “making instant noodles,” in the words of a prominent union leader.
July 9, 2021
Today, in advance of the fifth anniversary of the unlawful killing of prominent political commentator and human rights defender Kem Ley, the 45 undersigned organizations reiterate their call for the Cambodian authorities to create an independent Commission of Inquiry tasked with conducting an independent, impartial and effective investigation into Kem Ley’s death.
To date, the Cambodian government has consistently failed to achieve justice for Kem Ley and his family.
On 10 July 2016, against a backdrop of escalating attacks on civil society and the political opposition in the country, Kem Ley was shot in a café at a petrol station in central Phnom Penh.
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