As Southeast Asian countries band together to silence critics, advocates call for an urgent reassessment of human rights policies.
The image was meant to send a stark message: criticise Hun Sen and you will be punished, even if you’re not in Cambodia.
Nuon Toeun appears front and centre in the photograph released by Cambodia authorities, handcuffed and flanked by armed guards outside a Phnom Penh prison.
Her crime? Making a social media post critical of the strongman leader who ruled Cambodia with an iron fist for decades before stepping down last year in favour of his son, Hun Manet.
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