A Phnom Penh deputy governor was among authorities who harassed rights monitors and journalists, threatening to confiscate their cameras and phones, at a small opposition rally outside the Chinese Embassy on Friday, with a media advocate calling the authorities’ actions “unacceptable intimidation.”
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Cambodia’s top court threw out a request by two former RFA reporters to halt an investigation into charges of espionage, keeping restrictions placed on the pair as part of their bail agreement in place, nearly three years after they were first arrested.
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A news publisher who was imprisoned over criticisms of Prime Minister Hun Sen in several social media posts pleaded guilty at his trial but said he was just trying to arouse interest and more “likes.”https://bit.ly/37PvjZ4; https://bit.ly/3e4QSWs;
