PHNOM PENH: A handful of protesters gathered in Phnom Penh on Monday (Feb 13) to condemn the shutdown of one of Cambodia's last independent media outlets, with rights groups also slamming the portal's closure just months before national elections. Prime Minister Hun Sen - among the world's longest-serving
PHNOM PENH: A handful of protesters gathered in Phnom Penh on Monday to condemn the shutdown of one of Cambodia's last independent media outlets, with rights groups also slamming the portal's closure just months before national elections.
"They are cracking down so that other media outlets don't dare to rise up, to speak the truth," she added."Other media outlets will be scared - this is a threat." In the run-up to the election later this year, Hun Sen has increasingly cracked down on dissent and freedom of speech. The Cambodian leader demanded an apology from VOD, but has refused to reconsider his decision to revoke its licence even after the outlet complied.
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