Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Publisher calls for arrests to stop

Photo by: Sovan Philong Information MInister Khieu Kanharith speaks to reporters during an event marking World Press Freedom Day on Monday.

AN opposition-aligned publisher who was recently released from prison after being convicted of disinformation was among those who marked World Press Freedom Day on Monday by calling for a moratorium on journalist arrests and condemning the government for a spike in such arrests over the last 12 months.

“Hopefully after the World Press Freedom Day, no journalist will be arrested or imprisoned due to reporting the critical inaction of government and law enforcement,” Hang Chakra, publisher of Khmer Machas Srok, said during a ceremony marking the inauguration of a new office for the Press Council of Cambodia. Read More...

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