Police direct people at a temporary COVID-19 testing facility in a red zone, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 24 April 2021, Andy Ball/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Several media groups in Cambodia are urging authorities to restore their right to access the country's COVID-19 'red zones'. They argued that the current restrictions are preventing them from fulfilling their duty of providing the public with adequate information about the pandemic. This statement was originally published on ccimcambodia.org on 6 May 2021. We, the undersigned journalism and media organizations, call on the Ministry of Information to restore the rights of journalists to safely access Phnom Penh’s red zones.