🚨 #FREEMECHDARA 🚨 #Cambodia journalist Dara Mech has been arrested in a remote province -current whereabouts & charges unknown Dara is internationally-recognised for his work exposing state & business links to human trafficking and forced labour theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

#FreeMechDara #JournalismIsNotACrime #Cambodia

Journalist Mech Dara Charged With “Incitement To Disturb Social Security” After Social Media Post kiripo.st/XdhdsK?v=17277… #Kiripost #Cambodia #Dailynews #latestnews

Journalist Mech Dara has been detained solely for peacefully expressing his right to freedom of expression. The Cambodian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release him. amn.st/6011UzHHc

🇰🇭Cambodia: Journalist Mech Dara has been charged with incitement and sent to pretrial detention to intimidate and silence him. We urge the international community to stand in solidarity with him and call for his immediate & unconditional release licadho-cambodia.org/pressrelease.p…

🚨Award-winning journalist Mech Dara, has been arrested & charged with incitement in #Cambodia. His reporting on cyber scams & elite protection networks has been crucial. We join the voices of NGOs & media worldwide calling for his release. #MechDara globalinitiative.net/announcements/…

Extremely important statement by opccambodia & 45 other national & regional organizations demanding #Cambodia gov't "drop the charges against Mech Dara, release him from prison & stop all forms of harassment against media organisations and journalists." opc-cambodia.org/blog/2024/10/0…

Arrest of Mech Dara now making the news in Washington, DC. Hun Sen Samdech Thipadei HUN MANET @peacepalace_kh

'Cambodia’s use of such heavy-handed tactics to intimidate journalists and shutter news outlets has sharply curtailed independent news coverage and prompted the country to slide precipitously in global press freedom indexes.' The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong statement on Mech Dara fcchk.org/fcc-statement-…

Solidarity with Cambodian journalist Mech Dara. Reporting the truth is not a crime. Release him now!

Journalism is not a crime. Free Dara Mech Please support journalism UK in Cambodia🇬🇧🇰🇭 U.S. Embassy Cambodia Igor Driesmans Neth Pheaktra

Bong Mech Dara the 'lone wolf' deserves not a single second in prison. Cambodian people & government should be thankful for having such a selfless and heroic messenger to dig out the truth and correct the wrong. #FreeMechDara. (The 2015 Dara @CambodiaDaily's Street 228 office)

Cambodian journalist Mech Dara, who exposed human trafficking and cybercrimes, has been imprisoned for his social media posts, highlighting the growing risks for Cambodian journalists who report the truth. By Chan Thul Prak rappler.com/newsbreak/in-d… via Rappler

"By arresting Mech Dara, the Cambodian government shows that it neither respects media freedom nor cares about efforts to investigate and clean up the burgeoning 'pig butchering' scam center enterprises operating with impunity" Phil Robertson tells Newsweek newsweek.com/cambodia-right…

Heard disturbing news that HRD & journalist Mech Dara was arrested & charged with 'incitement' in #Cambodia. I'm concerned his detention may be linked to his reporting on human rights issues, incl. corruption. Authorities should release him & drop the charges @peacepalace_kh

The arrest and charges against Mech Dara reinforce our concerns about media freedom. Cambodia, like all countries, needs brave journalists to hold the powerful to account.

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