Source: US News & World Report
“A court in Cambodia on Thursday sentenced activist Ny Nak to two years in prison for incitement and defamation, authorities and his lawyer said, the latest jailing of a dissident critical of the government. At least two dozen government critics, from environmental and labour activists to opposition politicians and journalists, were arrested in Cambodia in the first seven months of this year, a sharp increase on 2023, according to human rights monitor Licadho. Ny Nak was found guilty of criminal defamation and incitement to discriminate against the country’s labour minister over a 2023 Facebook post in which he alleged the minister had unfairly been given forest land by the government.” (11/21/24)