Join Statement

JOINT STATEMENT: END IMPUNITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST JOURNALISTS IN CAMBODIA

    Phnom Penh, 1 November 2024 — On this International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we, the undersigned civil society organizations, call upon the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to take immediate and concrete action to ensure the effective, independent, and transparent investigation of all crimes committed against media workers and human rights defenders (“HRDs") in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Based on the records of journalists killed compiled by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, since 1994, at least 15 journalists have been killed in Cambodia. Twelve of these i...