Mam Sonando

Mam Sonando
Mam Sonando
ម៉ម សូណង់ដូ
	Sonando in May 2013.
Born	13 February 1942 (age 82); Kampong Siem District, Kampong Cham, Cambodia, French Indochina
Citizenship	Cambodia; France;
Occupations	Journalist; politician;
Years active	1993–present
Organization	Beehive Radio
Known for	independent journalism; 2003, 2005, and 2012 arrests
Political party	Beehive Social Democratic Party (2015–present)
Spouse	Den Phanara
Parent(s)	Mam Soth ; Eam Ouch

Mam Sonando (Khmer: ម៉ម សូណង់ដូ; born 13 February 1942)^[1] is a Cambodian radio journalist and politician with French dual citizenship.^[2] He is the owner and director of Phnom Penh's Beehive Radio, which the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) described in 2012 as "one of Cambodia's few independent news outlets".^[3] He also acts as a political commentator for the station.

Sonando has been imprisoned three times on charges related to his reporting: a 2003 arrest for "inciting riots", a 2005 arrest for defamation, and a 2012 arrest for insurrection.^[4] His twenty-year prison sentence for the latter was protested by human rights groups, and US President Barack Obama expressed concerns about the case in a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen. The sentence was overturned by an appeals court in March 2013, and Sonando was instead given a five-year suspended sentence on charges of causing civil unrest.

^ "Mam Sonando's Biography and Activities". Beehive Radio. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^ Cite error: The named reference OMCT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Cambodian court sentences journalist to 20 years". Committee to Protect Journalists. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
^ "Cambodian broadcaster detained on insurrection charges". The Committee to Protect Journalists. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

[SBK-1] "Mam Sonando's Biography and Activities". Beehive Radio. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

[OMCT-2] Cite error: The named reference OMCT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Cambodian court sentences journalist to 20 years". Committee to Protect Journalists. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.

[CPJ-4] "Cambodian broadcaster detained on insurrection charges". The Committee to Protect Journalists. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

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