Committee to Protect Journalists: Cambodia Jails Journalist Ros Sokhet for Criticizing Prime Minister Hun Sen
November 14, 2020
November 14, 2020
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news on Nov. 13:
The Committee to Protect Journalists today strongly condemned the sentencing of Cambodian journalist and publisher Ros Sokhet and called for his immediate and unconditional release.
Phnom Penh's Municipal Court convicted Sokhet and handed him an 18-month prison sentence on November 11, four months after he was arrested for Facebook posts that criticized Prime Minister Hun Sen . . .
The Committee to Protect Journalists today strongly condemned the sentencing of Cambodian journalist and publisher Ros Sokhet and called for his immediate and unconditional release.
Phnom Penh's Municipal Court convicted Sokhet and handed him an 18-month prison sentence on November 11, four months after he was arrested for Facebook posts that criticized Prime Minister Hun Sen . . .