Showing posts with label Freedom of expression limited in Cambodia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freedom of expression limited in Cambodia. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Freedom of Expression in Southeast Asia on the spotlight
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| Ou, Virak, second from right is speaking to journalists and freedom of expression advocates about freedom of expression in Cambodia and Southeast Asia during a seminar in Jakarta on Feb 9th, 2011. The Seminar titled "What Can I Say" is part of a BBC/ABC radio series which is launched on 8th Feb, 2011 in Jakarta and will start airing on ABC Radio Australia and BBC Radio World Service in four hours series. |
Click the link below to listen the audio program on BBC:
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
[Freedom of] Expression still limited in Cambodia: forum
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Written by Chrann Chamroeun
The Phnom Penh Post
Written by Chrann Chamroeun
The Phnom Penh Post
AN annual Asia-wide lecture tour promoting freedom of expression touched down Monday in Phnom Penh, providing students and journalists with a chance to compare levels of expression in their home country with those across Asia and Europe.
The lecture series, titled "Perspectives on Freedom of Expression in Asia and Europe", is sponsored by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) in partnership with the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR), and kicked off in Bangkok. It will travel to Vientiane, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur.
CCHR Director Ou Virak said he was optimistic the lecture would spark change.
"Freedom of expression in Cambodia today is still limited, as media organisations in print, TV or radio who don't support the government line are often closed or threatened," he said.
"I hope that with the support of Asean members and the European Union, freedom of expression in Cambodia can develop and become broader."
Eye-opening
Yim Amrint Sourkear, a third-year accounting student at the Institution of Vanda, said that the lectures had startled her by exposing the limitations of expression in Cambodia. "I find out that freedom of expression in Cambodia is still very limited," she said.
Ou Virak said the ongoing objectives was to discuss freedom of expression through public forums, rural conferences and school programs.
"We want people to understand their right to express their own opinion," he said.
The lecture series, titled "Perspectives on Freedom of Expression in Asia and Europe", is sponsored by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) in partnership with the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR), and kicked off in Bangkok. It will travel to Vientiane, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur.
CCHR Director Ou Virak said he was optimistic the lecture would spark change.
"Freedom of expression in Cambodia today is still limited, as media organisations in print, TV or radio who don't support the government line are often closed or threatened," he said.
"I hope that with the support of Asean members and the European Union, freedom of expression in Cambodia can develop and become broader."
Eye-opening
Yim Amrint Sourkear, a third-year accounting student at the Institution of Vanda, said that the lectures had startled her by exposing the limitations of expression in Cambodia. "I find out that freedom of expression in Cambodia is still very limited," she said.
Ou Virak said the ongoing objectives was to discuss freedom of expression through public forums, rural conferences and school programs.
"We want people to understand their right to express their own opinion," he said.
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