Cambodia's Supreme Court has upheld the incitement conviction of Rong Chhun, a senior adviser to the opposition Nation Power Party, while suspending the remainder of his prison sentence. Though he will stay out of jail, Rong Chhun is banned from all political activity — including voting — for five years and from travelling abroad for three years, effectively sidelining him ahead of elections scheduled for next year. The ruling, which drew hundreds of angry supporters to the court in Phnom Penh (Cambodia's capital), has deepened concerns among rights groups that Prime Minister Hun Manet's government is using the judiciary to suppress dissent, continuing patterns established under his father and predecessor, the long-ruling autocrat Hun Sen.