DPA
Phnom Penh – A human rights group on Wednesday condemned the apparent blocking of several websites critical of the Cambodian government, saying the move marked ‘a significant milestone in the march toward a more oppressive media environment.’
Naly Pilorge, the director of the LICADHO rights group, said the denials by internet service providers that they were doing the government’s bidding were ‘not fooling anyone.’
The providers ‘can play with words all they want, but at the end of the day, this still amounts to censorship,’ she said.
The government has repeatedly said it has not ordered the providers to block access to websites, including KI-Media, a news aggregator and comment site that strongly favours the political opposition and is often critical of the ruling party.
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