Phnom Penh, 27 March 2026 — We, the undersigned local and international media organizations and civil society organizations working to promote press freedom and freedom of expression, are gravely dismayed by the unacceptable conviction and sentencing of two journalists, Phorn Sopheap and Pheap Pheara, to 14 years in prison. We call on the Cambodian government to withdraw the complaint and for the court to release the journalists so they may reunite with their families.