Sothyroth Phon

Making sure the voiceless are heard. Freelance reporter ,fixer & Advocacy Consultant in Cambodia.📍📝

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

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[Noan Sereiboth​  @noansereiboth]

Thai soldiers entered a house in Cambodia and allegedly looted items.

[Khmer Times @KhmerTimes]

Thailand is “lying to the world” by denying its indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas
#HumanRights #CivilianCasualties #WarCrimes #Accountability #GlobalAwareness #ThaiAggressive

Read more: https://t.co/4A69YFhPGH

[Jacob in Cambodia 🇺🇸 🇰🇭 @jacobincambodia]

Families are taking shelter in storm drains and drainage culverts that often carry mixed wastewater, huddling below the concrete as gunfire sounds in the distance. When I see scenes like this, it makes my blood boil. I’m sure people in Thailand are doing the same thing right now. It shouldn’t come to this, yet it does.

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

Update: Cambodian officials said Thai troops opened fire on civilians in a disputed village along the Banteay Meanchey border Wednesday evening, killing one and wounding at least three.

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

One Dead in Prey Chan Shooting as Border Tensions Flare Again
https://t.co/JHxLJMX5He

[Danielle K-O @DanielleRose84]

More worrying press restrictions in the Mekong region: Vietnamese authorities are reportedly questioning a BBC journalist, who was renewing their passport, and currently blocking them from returning to work in Bangkok. https://t.co/KueipETaPH

[United Nations @UN]

Globally, 1 in 5 young women were married as children in 2024.

No girl should be forced to marry.

Every girl has a right to protection — and to decide her own future.

On Saturday's #DayOfTheGirl, see what @UNICEF is doing to end child marriage: https://t.co/mG03r67Pjh

[Jacob in Cambodia 🇺🇸 🇰🇭 @jacobincambodia]

Stop being bullies. Last night, Thai nationals on the border blasted loudspeakers with ghostly howls, barking, and wailing into Cambodian villages. Families couldn’t sleep. Children cried. Older folks lay awake. Whatever message this was meant to send only showed cruelty and intimidation.

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

Sihanoukville Protestors Arrested for Allegedly Staying and Working Illegally in Cambodia
https://t.co/gmI8iKOCtr

[Sothyroth Phon @PSothyroth]

“This feeling will probably stay with me forever because I keep picturing it over and over again. At night, I don’t want to shower. Sometimes I’d rather not bathe, instead wait till morning so that my brother can accompany me. Only then will I dare to go.”

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

Young Girls, Women Sexually Harassed At Preah Vihear War Shelter
https://t.co/VksCK52U6F

[Sothyroth Phon @PSothyroth]

“I feel sorry for my children. As soon as we got here, they fell sick.” She noticed that the change from very hot weather to rain severely affected the children who are already ill, causing their fever to rise.

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

Displacement Camp Infants and Children Struck by Unending Flu, Fever and Diarrhea; Vulnerable to Chronic Illness
https://t.co/5QtWDDV6MJ

[Leila Goldstein @leila_goldstein]

EU development banks that fund the Cambodian microfinance industry rely on gold-star certifications that can obscure borrower harm while enabling profits from so-called ‘ethical finance’. My investigation with @PSothyroth for @FTM_eu

[Danielle K-O @DanielleRose84]

This heartfelt feature by @PSothyroth and photos by @rounry is the second story to come out of our mentoring project with @HRDstories. I think we can both celebrate new developments while questioning how all people, even rural farmers & fishers, can benefit from them too.

[Sothyroth Phon @PSothyroth]

“[The lake] is completely fenced off,” he said. “I don’t even know the owner’s name! I only know that they’re Chinese. Now they hire guards to secure it. They don’t let us in at all.”

[rounry @rounry]

As Cambodia’s Techo International Airport rises, development blocks the fishing lakes that supported 400 families for decades. Without formal land titles, the community now faces forced eviction. Story by @PSothyroth
https://t.co/WG0wQGvqPn

[Sothyroth Phon @PSothyroth]

@rounry 💖

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

“Thailand used F-16 aircraft to drop bombs four times,” she said. “They destroyed a fuel station in Samrong city completely, forcing civilians to evacuate from their homes.”
https://t.co/npJbNa9JDL

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

ពលករខ្មែររងការគំរាមកំហែងពីក្រុមក្មេងទំនើងថៃ ចំពេលជម្លោះនៅព្រំដែនកាន់តែឡើងកម្តៅ
https://t.co/awZNnMl2wY

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

Cambodian military and civilians receive treatment at a hospital in Oddar Meanchey as border clashes continue into July 25, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

[Gerry Flynn @geraldrflynn]

1/ Sad to confirm that I was denied re-entry to #Cambodia on Jan. 5 and, a month later, it's no clearer as to whether I can return, but it does seem to be retaliation for my journalistic work...
https://t.co/cAHRwOKbP0