Cambodia - Call for withdrawal of Interpol “red notice” against French journalist

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders deplores the seven-year prison sentence imposed in absentia on the French journalist and filmmaker Daniel Lainé by a Phnom Penh court on 29 January for procuring prostitutes, after he investigated human trafficking and prostitution in Cambodia. After the verdict was issued, Interpol issued a “red notice” at the request of Phnom Penh, which effectively prevents him from working as a reporter outside France. “This court case has all the signs of a frame-up,” Reporters (...)

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