Voice of Democracy

This article is about Cambodian news agency. For American scholarship, see Voice of Democracy (scholarship).
Voice of Democracy
Native name
វីអូឌី
Company typeNews agency
IndustryMedia
FoundedJanuary 2003; 21 years ago (January 2003)
DefunctFebruary 13, 2023 (2023-02-13)
Headquarters
Phnom Penh
,
Cambodia
Area served
Cambodia
ParentCambodian Center for Independent Media
Websitevodenglish.news
vodkhmer.news

Voice of Democracy (Khmer: សំលេងប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ; abbreviated VOD) was an independent news agency based in Cambodia. VOD has provided significant investigative journalism within Cambodia, providing coverage on domestic issues including corruption, government wrongdoing, human rights violations, and environmental destruction, which have drawn the ire of Cambodian officials.[1][2] Following the Cambodian government's media crackdown in 2017, VOD, alongside Radio Free Asia and Voice of America, became an increasingly important news source for Cambodians.[3] It was shuttered by the Cambodian government on 13 February 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "Cambodia: Hun Sen Extinguishes Media Freedom". Human Rights Watch. 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  2. ^ Ratcliffe, Rebecca (2023-02-13). "Dictator Hun Sen shuts down Cambodia's VOD broadcaster". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. ^ "Cambodia: Freedom on the Net 2018 Country Report". Freedom House. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. ^ "Cambodia independent radio station VoD closes on PM's orders". AP NEWS. 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-03-10.