Article Cambodia: Human Rights Watch decry govt.'s sub-decree on national internet gateway as it violates human rights and fundamental freedoms "Cambodia: Internet Censorship, Control Expanded", 19 February 2021 The Cambodian governmentâs new National Internet Gateway will enable the government to increase online surveillance, censorship, and control of the internet that will seriously infringe on rights to free expression and privacy, Human Rights Watch said ... â¦, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed the sub-decree on the Establishment of the National Internet Gateway. The sub-decree requires all internet traffic in Cambodia to be routed through a regulatory body charged with monitoring online activity before it reaches users. It would allow for âblocking and disconnecting [of] all network connections that affect safety, national revenue, social order, dignity, culture, tradition and customs.â The grounds for action are both overbroad and not defined, permitting arbitrary and abusive application of blocking and disconnecting powers.