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A Cambodian social commentator has been charged with incitement and jailed in a remote prison after criticizing a government minister on Facebook, sparking an outcry from human rights organizations amid other recent arrests of dissidents. Ny Nak, a 46-year-old seller of organic fertilizers and other agricultural products, runs a popular Cambodian Facebook page called IMan-KH.…
Dr Katrin Travouillon is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political and Social Change at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. Her research agenda is focused on the discursive and affective dimensions of political change. Katrin’s theoretical and empirical contributions draw from her extensive research on the political transformation of Cambodia. To support critical conversations about justice and peace, she currently serves as the Co-Editor of the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. Her most recent work on Cambodia's political transformation has been published by Review of International Studies, Contemporary Southeast Asia, and Cooperation and Conflict.
Despite some renewed hope following the appointment of new Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Cambodia’s government has so far continued in its repressive and autocratic ways.