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Ban on Radio Broadcasts Lifted Amid US Pressure

1 July 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Broadcasting Board of Governors / broadcasts / Cambodian Constitution / censorship / Constitution / Constitution of Cambodia / Democracy / Elections / FM stations / foreign programming / freedom of speech / Information Minister Khieu Kanharith / Information Ministry Secretary of State Minister Ouk Prathna / Koul Panha / Ministry of Information / National Election Committee Secretary-General Tep Nytha / national elections / NEC / Ouk Prathna / Radio / radio stations / RGC / Royal Government of Cambodia / System of government / Tep Nytha / U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia / U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia Surya Subedi / U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry / U.S. State Department / Voice of America / Washington

The Ministry of Information on Saturday lifted a ban on the broadcast of all Khmer-language foreign radio programs by FM stations during the month leading up to the July 28 national election amid swift and harsh rebuke from the U.S. and the broadcasters themselves. The ministry ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/ban-on-radio-broadcasts-lifted-amid-us%E2%80%88pressure-32700/

Foreign Radio Broadcasts Banned Ahead of Election

29 June 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Gender / Women in development
Article 41 of the Cambodian Constitution / Beehive Radio station / broadcasts / Cambodia Institute for Media Studies / Cambodia National Rescue Party / censorship / Chinese aid / CNRP / Constitution of Cambodia / Council of Ministers / Democracy / election broadcasts / election campaigns / Elections / freedom of speech / HRP / Human Rights Party / Ministry of Information / Moeun Chhean Nariddh / NEC / North Korea / Radio / Radio France International / Radio Free Asia / radio programs / radio stations / RFA / Russia / telecommunications / Transparency International / Voice of America / WMC / Women’s Media Center

The Ministry of Information has banned the broadcast of all Khmer-language programs by foreign radio stations for the entire 31 days of the pre-election campaign period and on election day, July 28, warning that legal action will ensue if stations fail to comply. The ban, announced ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/foreign-radio-broadcasts-banned-ahead-of-election-32648/

‘Arbitrary decision’ decried by silenced outlets

5 June 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
airwaves / broadcasts / Elections / Government officials / Khmer / Media / Ministry of Information / news service / NGOs / US-backed media outlets

The two US-backed media outlets and a local NGO’s news service whose broadcasts in Khmer were yanked off the airwaves by government officials before Sunday’s elections aren’t staying silent about the effect of such a move, with one calling it a giant step backward for ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012060556591/National-news/arbitrary-decision-decried-by-silenced-outlets.html

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