Voice of Democracy (Khmer: សំលេងប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ; abbreviated VOD) was an independent news agency based in Cambodia.
[4] VOD began as a non-profit radio station which first aired in January 2003 under the supervision of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights.
[5] VOD became an increasingly important media outlet after the Cambodian government shuttered the independent The Cambodia Daily and forced the sale of The Phnom Penh Post to a pro-government owner in 2017.
[7] In February 2023, Cambodia's prime minister Hun Sen revoked VOD's operating license, in retaliation for a VOD news article that alleged Sen's son, Hun Manet, had violated existing policy by approving a foreign aid package for the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.
[1][8] VOD's closure was condemned by organisations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the United Nations, and the American and German governments.