Possibly the most quintessentially Cambodian story I've ever written for @mongabay.bsky.social. A journalist who helped us expose the destruction of a community forest at the hands of a powerful mining company has now been placed under court monitoring on charges of illegally clearing forest.
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — It was late in the afternoon of Sept. 16 when Ouk Mao finally answered his phone. The environmental journalist had spent much of that Monday making preparations in case he was ...
For those missing the context, here's our original reporting on the mining company with ties to senior Cambodian military figures that have perpetrated a land grab in an Indigenous community's forest - read on @mongabay.bsky.social Kafkaesque retribution against journalists in Cambodia.
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Rain poured down in torrential sheets as Ouk Mao guided reporters through the winding dirt tracks that were, in August, rutted with deep trenches of mud and rainwater as Cambod...
Can you start a sign petition for him to be pardoned? I have the feeling lots of people would like to try and help
Speaking of journalists & bluesky, @ketanjoshi.co@mongabay.bsky.social@geraldrflynn.bsky.social reports today, above