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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
About 150 local and international journalists plan to hold a non-violent demonstration in front of the ministry of Justice and the Phnom Penh municipal court on 22 June to appeal for justice for journalists and other innocent people whose rights have been abused, The Mekong Times reported. The announcement for the demonstration plan by the journalists took place after Dam Sith, the editor-in-chief of the Moneaksekar Khmer newspaper and other journalists were jailed this year. Ek Visarakhun, the secretary-general of the Cambodian Press Council (CPC), said on 16 June that his group sent a request to the city hall and informed all the authorities involved to hold the peaceful and non-violent demonstration in front of the ministry of Justice and the Phnom Penh municipal court. Dr. Pung Chiv Kek, executive director of the Licadho human rights group, said that it is a good thing that journalists in Cambodia appeal to end the pressure and rights violations by those holding power.
