MEDIA (16th – 20th Feb. 2026)
| The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for the immediate release of online journalist Luot Sophal, who was charged with incitement after reporting on water shortages for frontline troops. https://url-shortener.me/DOJJ ; Two online journalists have been sentenced to a reported 14 years in prison on treason charges. Their families have called for sentence reductions and press groups warned of a further decline in Cambodia’s press freedom ranking as the country keeps prosecuting journalists for reporting on the border conflict. https://bit.ly/4qKYYqQ ; At least six Cambodian journalists have been detained, arrested, or charged with incitement between January and mid-February 2026 after reporting on border tensions and suspected online scam compounds, with two still held in pre-trial detention, according to local rights groups. |
