Cambodia - Heavy damages award against blogger threatens all netizens

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Online freedoms endangered by libel case ruling and proposed cybercrime law A Phnom Penh municipal court found Phnom Penh-based British journalist and blogger Rupert Winchester guilty of defamation on 24 July, setting a disturbing precedent just a few months after the leak of a draft cybercrime law that also poses a threat to online freedom of information and expression. In a country where the ruling Cambodian People's Party controls most the broadcast and print media, independent (...)

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