Cambodia: Holding a Media Summit Without Media Freedom

Expand Journalists work at the newsroom of The Cambodia Daily newspaper in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 3, 2017. © 2017 Samrang Pring/Reuters (Bangkok) – Holding an Asian media meeting in Cambodia makes a mockery of freedom of expression and press freedom, Human Rights Watch said today. Cambodia will host the 16th Asia Media Summit from June 10-14, 2019 in Siem Reap. Summit participants should publicly call for an end to Cambodian government suppression of the print and electronic media. The summit is organized by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), which was…

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