Environmental reporter Ouk Mao detained in Cambodia on unknown charges
Bangkok, May 19, 2025—Cambodian authorities must immediately release Ouk Mao, an environmental reporter with the local Intriplus News, and drop any pending charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Plainclothes officers, who did not produce an arrest warrant, handcuffed Mao on Friday at his home in northeastern Stung Treng province and took…
Mongabay reporter Gerald Flynn barred from re-entering Cambodia
Bangkok, February 3, 2025—Cambodian immigration officials denied re-entry to Gerald Flynn, a journalist with multilingual environmental news outlet Mongabay who has covered Cambodia’s deforestation crisis, and forced him onto a flight back to Bangkok, Thailand, on January 5, according to a February 3 statement by the California-based outlet and Flynn, who spoke with CPJ. The…
