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Exterior of the Supreme Court is seen in Phnom Penh Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Sopheng Cheang)

Cambodia Supreme Court upholds treason convictions of 2 journalists, raising press freedom questions

Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the treason convictions and 14-year prison sentences of journalists Phorn Sopheap and Pheap Pheara, who were accused of posting Facebook photos from a restricted military zone during last year’s border clashes with Thailand.

Rong Chhun, a top adviser to the Nation Power Party and a prominent opposition politician, stands with supporters outside Cambodia's Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Sopheng Cheang)

Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician, sparking anger

Rong Chhun, a prominent Cambodian opposition politician, gestures to his supporters after a Supreme Court hearing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Prominent Cambodian opposition politician seeks Supreme Court reversal of incitement conviction

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, arrives ahead of the 48th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Cebu province, central Philippines on Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Hernandez, Pool) ADDITION: Adds Pool to the caption sign off and instruction.

Cambodia initiates action with UN agency to force conciliation of maritime dispute with Thailand

Cambodian military members participate together with government civil servants in the country's 70th Independence Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, file)

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Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician in charged case

Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the incitement conviction of a prominent opposition politician while suspending the remainder of his sentence, keeping him out of prison but unable to practice politics for years. The decision against Rong Chhun, a top adviser to the Nation Power Party, was met with anger by supporters gathered outside the Supreme Court complex in Phnom Penh. (AP video shot by Sopheng Cheang)

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FILE -Former President of Cambodia National Rescue Party, Kem Sokha, greets from his car in front of his house in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, March 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha receives royal pardon for treason sentence

A Cambodian police vehicle which is believed to carry former Cambodia National Rescue Party's President Kem Sokha heads out from an appeals court after a court session in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian court upholds opposition leader’s treason conviction

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, left, shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Agence Kampuchea Press via AP)

China’s foreign and defense ministers meet with Cambodian counterparts in joint ‘2+2' dialogue

Cambodian naval members welcome U.S. warship USS Cincinnati, getting docked upon arrival at Ream Naval Base's pier in Sihanoukville Cambodia, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A US warship is making a friendship visit to a Cambodian naval base upgraded with China’s help

Village security volunteers and resident run into shelter while the blasts sounded too close in Buriram province, Thailand, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, following renewed border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump’s ceasefire claim

President Donald Trump gestures during a signing ceremony on an AI initiative in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he’s sealed Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire, but fighting continues

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President Donald Trump speaks before signing the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says he ‘stopped a war’ by preserving a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), local residents carry a coffin with the body of Dy Nay body caused by Thai soldiers opened fire on civilians in Prey Chan village, Banteay Meanchey province, on the border with Thailand, at Prey Chan village, Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 (AKP via AP)

Cambodia evacuates a village on disputed border with Thailand as tensions rise

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), an injured man, second from right, is picked up by a Cambodian army soldier on a motorbike after Thai soldiers opened fire on civilians in Prey Chan village, Banteay Meanchey province, on the border with Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Cambodia and Thailand’s border conflict heats up again as Cambodian villager is reported killed

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, right, shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, left, prior to a meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AKP via AP)

South Korean foreign minister urges Cambodia’s leader to fight online scams

East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta, left, and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto greet each other during the 47th ASEAN summit opening ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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An overview from beside of a new airport of Techo International Airportt in Kandal province, Cambodia, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia opens a new $2 billion airport to serve Phnom Penh

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina, left, talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, during a meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Death of kidnapped South Korean student spurs talks with Cambodia to tackle online scams

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, greets lawmakers as he arrives at the session on the draft law on amending the law on nationality at the National Assembly in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian lawmakers pass bill to revoke citizenship that critics call repressive

Migrant workers re-enter Cambodia through the Daung International Border Check Point between Cambodia and Thailand, in Kamrieng, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

Cambodian migrant workers face an uncertain future as Thai border conflict drives them home

Thai residents who fled homes following the clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, rest at an evacuation center in Surin province, Thailand, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand and Cambodia plan border visits for diplomats as violence eases

Cambodian woman, Soklang Sareoun, 28, greets her dogs she returns home after five days in Prasat Roboeuk village, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, after a ceasefire was supposed to take effect Monday night between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Thailand and Cambodia ceasefire holds despite reports of skirmishes

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet, left and Thailand's acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, right shake hands as Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim gestures after talks on a possible ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Monday, July 28, 2025. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photo via AP)

Thailand and Cambodia agree to a ceasefire in their deadly border clashes

A house is seen damaged after Cambodia fired artillery shells in Surin Province, Thailand, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai and Cambodian leaders to meet in Malaysia for talks to end deadly border dispute

Displaced Cambodians receive water at the Battkhao Resettlement Camp in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia, Saturday, July 26, 2025 as border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia entered its third day. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

Thailand and Cambodia trade fresh attacks and accusations as allies call for a ceasefire

Thai residents who fled homes following the clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, rest at an evacuation center in Surin province, Thailand, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), online scammers arrested by authorities squat in a building in Sihanoukville province, southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Cambodia makes 1,000 arrests in latest crackdown on cybercrime

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet delivers a speech during ceremony to put in used the military building in northern Kampong Chhnang province, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Cambodia will start military conscription next year as tensions with Thailand persist

Tourists take their tour at the grave side in the former Pol Pot 's notorious S-21 prison, known Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodian sites of Khmer Rouge brutality added to UNESCO heritage list

In this photo released by Cambodia National Assembly, lawmakers vote to pass a constitutional amendment allowing the government to draft a bill to revoke citizenships, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, July 11, 2025. (Cambodia National Assembly via AP)

Cambodian lawmakers pass constitutional amendment allowing government to revoke citizenship

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, right, delivers a speech during his visit to Oddar Meanchey province, near Cambodia-Thailand border of northern province of Cambodia, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Cambodia ex-leader Hun Sen and Thailand’s prime minister make separate visits to tense border areas

In this photo released by the Thai Royal Thai Army, Cambodian Chief of Army Mao Sophan, left, meets with Thailand Chief of Army Gen. Pana Claewplodtook, right, at a border checkpoint in Surin province, Thailand, May 29, 2025. (Thai Royal Thai Army via AP, file)

Cambodia says it will take border dispute with Thailand to top UN court

Tourists wait for sunrise at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

3 killed in lightning strike at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat UNESCO site

Cambodian prominent opposition politician Rong Chhun greets his supporters near the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian court convicts prominent politician of incitement in latest legal move to stifle opponents

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the Royal Palce honorary guards as he is accompanied by Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, right, during a send-off ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AKP via AP)

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