The War On News

A record of government actions against journalism and fact-based reporting, from the first press laws to today

Claim

Claim 292

Human Rights Watch called the closure one of the gravest threats to Cambodian press freedom since 1991.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
Human Rights Watch called the closure one of the gravest threats to Cambodian press freedom since 1991.
Field
effect_on_reporting
Value
HRW calls it one of the gravest threats
About
incident 2017-cambodia-daily-closed-tax-bill
Source
The Cambodia Daily Newspaper Closes Over Disputed Tax Bill
Publisher
NBC News
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2017-09-04

Quotation from the source

The government's targeting of the highly regarded Cambodia Daily is one of the gravest threats to freedom of the press in Cambodia since the 1991 Paris Peace Accords