PHNOM PENH: A court in Cambodia on Thursday (Nov 21) sentenced activist Ny Nak (pic) 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.
