Cambodia's Interior Ministry has blocked British journalist Gerald Flynn from re-entering the country, citing visa issues. Flynn, who reports for U.S.-based conservation news website Mongabay, believes he was blacklisted due to his investigative journalism, which often exposes human rights abuses and environmental damage linked to powerful elites in Cambodia.
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Gerald Flynn, a reporter with U.S.—based conservation news website Mongabay, was denied reentry into the country over problems with his visa after a brief trip to neighboring Thailand in January, said Interior Ministry spokesperson Touch Sokhak.But Flynn called the claim “bizarre,” noting that the blacklisting came only days after he had been featured as a source in a France24 documentary scrutinizing Cambodia’s carbon offsetting projects.
“The lack of believable explanation or evidence from the government, coupled with the timing of my blacklisting, suggests I was denied entry to Cambodia as a result of my investigative journalism, which has often tied powerful elites to environmental destruction.”Cambodian court gives an opposition leader 2-year prison term, keeping pressure on criticsthis week, Mongabay said Flynn had been a journalist in Cambodia for five years and had always represented himself as such.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, who in 2023 succeeded his father Hun Sen after nearly four decades of authoritarian rule, has shown few signs of political liberalization,At the time, the U.S. State Department said it was “deeply troubled” by his arrest, and about four dozen Cambodian media organizations and civil society groups issued aIn December, another journalist, Chhoeung Chheng, was shot and killed while reporting on the transport of illegally cut timber in Siem Reap province.
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