Cambodian Supreme Court Maximizes Sentence for Opposition Activist

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Cambodia’s Supreme Court, Phnom Penh, June 25, 2026. © 2026 Sopheng Cheang/AP Photo Cambodia’s Supreme Court on October 14 denied opposition activist Voeung Samnang’s request to serve his two sentences concurrently, meaning he will spend 11 years in prison. Samnang had been convicted on charges of “plotting an attack on the state” and received sentences of five and six years.The case illustrates the Cambodian government’s increased use of vague plotting charges to prosecute opposition activists and social media users and sentence them to long prison terms.Samnang…

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