Despite lack of evidence, Cambodian judge refuses to drop case against two journalists

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an immediate end to all judicial proceedings against two Cambodian journalists – who have been facing long jail terms on trumped-up spying charges for nearly two years – after a Phnom Penh judge today inexplicably ordered a new investigation instead of issuing the expected verdict.Referring to equipment seized from the two journalists, Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin, at the time of their arrest, Judge Im Vannak said there wasn’t “enough evide

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