While the international community has spoken out in support of the Women, Life, Freedom revolution, they have done little to protect the women journalists at the heart of this movement.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the shutdown of leading independent media outlet Voice of Democracy (VOD) on February 13 ahead of the country s elections in July. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Cambodian Journalists Alliance (CamboJA), in condemning the Prime Minister’s abuse of power and urging the Ministry of Information to reinstate the outlet’s media licence.
Media and civil society groups have criticized the government's revocation of the media license of Voice of Democracy (VOD), one of the last remaining independent media outlets in Cambodia.