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Phnom Penh Post ‘facing closure’ after huge tax bill
Cambodia's last bastion of independent daily news, The Phnom Penh Post, is facing closure after being hit with a huge tax bill, making it the latest casualty in a government crackdown on the media, sources close to the newspaper say.
Cambodia’s war on the press
While just six months ago journalist Yeang Sothearin was chasing stories on politics and rights abuses in Cambodia, the former Radio Free Asia (RFA) reporter now spends his days inside an overcrowded cell in Phnom Penh's squalid Prey Sar prison.
Cambodia’s latter day ‘repression’ has Khmer Rouge roots
The Cambodian government has succeeded in shutting down the political opposition, critical
thinking in the media and has sharpened its focus on non-government organizations, which have tried its patience over human rights issues. For some "The Repression" is shocking, for others the crackdown is simply a return to this country's communist past.
Cambodia’s drugs crackdown pushes users into hiding
As more addicts end up behind bars or living in fear of police, they cannot get treatment to cure their habit.
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A Cambodian community’s struggle to survive virus economic fallout
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, Cambodia’s urban-poor communities have suffered severe economic shocks and fallen further into poverty. Without a secure social security safety net to fall back on, many are now relying on NGOs to keep them afloat.
