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Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 19, 2020 • 3 min read

Press freedom HRW: Duterte attempting to silence reporting on deadly drug war

By Alex Cooper • Jun 19, 2020
Following the conviction of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa this week on cyber libel charges, Human Rights Watch has claimed the case is part of a growing trend of Rodrigo Duterte attempting to silence those reporting on his infamous drug war

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 17, 2020 • 6 min read

Opinion Ressa’s conviction by the Duterte regime isn’t the story we should focus on

By Tom Smith • Jun 17, 2020
This week Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was convicted in the latest attack on press freedom under President Rodrigo Duterte. But academic Tom Smith says by shining all the spotlight on this high-profile case, we're forgetting the Filipino journalists under fire at the grassroots

Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 09, 2020 • 2 min read

Thai dissidents Cambodia to probe Thai democracy activist’s alleged disappearance

By Agence France-Presse • Jun 09, 2020
Cambodian police have said they will investigate the alleged abduction of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a critic of the ex-general Prayut Chan-O-Cha's Thai government, who witnesses say was dragged into a black car in Phnom Penh on June 4

Justice • Jun 05, 2020 • 2 min read
Thai dissidents

Cambodian police refuse probe into Thai activist ‘disappearance’

Human Rights Watch reported on June 5 that self-exiled Thai dissident Wanchalearm Satsaksit was snatched off the street in Phnom Penh the day before. Cambodian police have ruled out a probe into his alleged disappearance
By Agence France-Presse • Jun 05, 2020

Justice • May 14, 2020 • 6 min read
Human rights

Amnesty International: Cambodia’s war on drugs an ‘unmitigated disaster’

In 2017 Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a crackdown on narcotics in the Kingdom. Three years on, rights group Amnesty International says the campaign has been a failure, resulting in rampant rights abuses and overcrowded prisons
By Andrew Haffner • May 14, 2020

Justice • Apr 10, 2020 • 6 min read
Freedom of the press

Cambodian journalist’s arrest part of regional crackdown on virus coverage

This week Cambodian journalist Sovann Rithy was arrested after he posted a quote taken directly from a Prime Minister Hun Sen speech. Rights groups have warned it's part of a worrying trend across Southeast Asia, as governments tighten their grip on the press in the wake of reporting on the virus
By Miriam Deprez • Apr 10, 2020

Justice • Mar 27, 2020 • 5 min read
COVID-19

Cambodia’s COVID-19 “fake news” crackdown

The Cambodian government has undertaken a recent spate of arrests, charging people with spreading "fake news" regarding COVID-19. Rights groups have expressed concern that this is merely a pretext for a clampdown on political dissent
By Miriam Deprez • Mar 27, 2020

Justice • Mar 24, 2020 • 11 min read
Cosmetic surgery

The ugly face of Cambodia’s beauty industry

Most Read Archive Story: Despite the grave dangers associated with cosmetic procedures in Cambodia, the beauty business in Phnom Penh is booming
By Sam Bradpiece • Mar 24, 2020

Justice • Mar 17, 2020 • 6 min read
Whatever happened to

Cambodia’s ‘HIV village’

Archive Top Read: In 2014, an unlicensed medic infected almost 300 people with HIV in Battambang province's Roka village. In 2017, we visited the residents of the village, who were still picking up the pieces three years on
By Paul Millar • Mar 17, 2020

Justice • Mar 13, 2020 • 12 min read
Rohingya crisis

The power of the persecuted

Young Canada-based Rohingya activist Yasmin Ullah has helped take the plight of the persecuted ethnic minority group in Myanmar to the world’s largest court, yet her fight for justice has only just begun
By Miriam Deprez • Mar 13, 2020