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NEC Says Statement on Bloggers Not an Attack on Free Speech

27 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Law and judiciary
Bloggers / blogs / Community Legal Education Center / election candidacy / election law / Elections / electoral processes / Facebook / free speech / freedom of speech / Government / Hang Puthea / Information Minister Khieu Kanharith / internet / Ministry of Information / misinformation / Moeun Tola / NEC / NEC Secretary-General Tep Nytha / Neutral and Impartial Comittee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia / Neutral and Impartial Comittee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia president Hang Puthea / politics / social media / social networks / Tep Nytha / Twitter / voter list

Despite fears that a warning to users of social media and Internet blogs will dampen free speech, the head of National Election Committee (NEC) has insisted the intention was not to limit expression ahead of July’s national election. The NEC last week issued a statement requesting ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-says-statement-on-bloggers-not-attack-on-free-speech-26791/

Silencing the Voice of Dissent

31 October 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Beehive Radio station / Beehive radio station owner / broadcasters / censorship / free speech / freedom of expression / Insurrection / international rights groups / Mam Sonando / Media / media independence / radio stations / secessionist movement

Before its owner was arrested in July on charges of insurrection, Beehive radio had hit the consciousness of few outside Cambodia. While international rights groups and press watchdogs were quick to jump on a story of political posturing and the quashing of free speech in the ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012103159489/National-news/silencing-the-voice-of-dissent.html

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