IFJ 01 April 2021
Cambodia: Report shows journalists, media freedoms targeted
At least 35 cases of harassment against 72 journalists were logged in Cambodia in 2020, according to a new report by the Cambodian Journalists Alliance (CamboJA). The IFJ and its affiliate CamboJA condemn violence and intimidation of journalists in Cambodia and implore the authorities to respect press freedom. A Cambodian vendor reads the Phnom Penh Post newspaper at her newstand in Phnom Penh on May 7, 2018. Credit: TANG CHHIN Sothy/ AFP
In its first annual “Cambodian Journalism Situation Report 2020”, published on March 29, CamboJA detailed the various cases of harassment and threats journalists faced while doing their job, with at least 31 out of 72 journalists arrested after being either attacked or threatened with violence while exercising their press freedoms throughout the year.
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