# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2017-cambodia-daily-closed-tax-bill)
- Source: The Cambodia Daily Newspaper Closes Over Disputed Tax Bill. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/cambodia-daily-newspaper-closes-over-disputed-tax-bill-n799671
- 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

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