Joint Open Letter on Recent Decision Sentencing Two Journalists to 14 Years in Prison
On 17 July 2026, Center for Business and Law Organization joined an open letter with 15 other national and international NGOs addressing to the Prime Minister of Cambodia. The open letter is to express deep concern over the recent court decision sentencing two journalists, Phon Sopheap and Pheap Pheara to 14 years’ imprisonment each. The two journalists were convicted of supplying a foreign state with information prejudicial to national defence and were sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment by the Siem Reap Provincial Court on 17 December 2025. The Battambang Appeal Court upheld the conviction on 26 March 2026, and the Supreme Court has now affirmed that decision.