Freedom of Speech improved in Cambodia, report

A Cambodian local Human Rights organisation says that the freedom of speech and expressions in the Cambodian media environment was improved in 2007 compared to the previous years.In its 2007 annual human rights report released last week, Adhoc says the media freedom situations in Cambodia has been improved and Cambodia now ranks 85 as compared to 108 in the previous years.Raksmey Kampuchea Newsapers says Cambodia now has 22 radio stations and seven TV stations in operation.Nevertheless, Adhoc says civil society organisations are not given enough air time to use the national radio station to dissiminate information on human rights violations in Cambodia.Adhoc also says civil organisations promoting and campaigning for the improved human rights situations aren't permitted to use TV's and Radios at all to educate people about human rights understanding.Meanwhile, a Paris based organisation, Reporters without Border says in 2007 it observed implementation of media freedom policy in Cambodia outperformed other South East Asian nations.