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