Cambodian groups seek revocation of new online directive ahead of elections

This statement was originally published on cchrcambodia.org on 8 June 2018.

We, the undersigned civil society groups, express grave concern regarding the latest government decision to heighten state surveillance, censorship and criminalisation of online expression in Cambodia, in contravention of constitutional and international human rights guarantees. On 28 May 2018, the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Information and Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued an inter-ministerial prakas on website and social media control which became public this week.

Read the full story: https://www.ifex.org/cambodia/2018/06/15/revocation-media-directive/

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