Cambodia: Further information: Journalist sentenced to 20 years in prison: Mam Sonando

Index Number: ASA 23/002/2013
Date Published: 21 February 2013
Categories: Cambodia

Government critic and prominent journalist Mam Sonando (71) was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment by the Municipal Court in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, on 1 October 2012. He was convicted of anti-state offences, including “instigating insurrection”. His appeal hearing is scheduled for 5 March.