"Thailand: Dismiss Ongoing Criminal Defamation Cases, Decriminalize Defamation", 31 March 2022

... On March 30, 2022, the Court of Appeals upheld the Criminal Court’s ruling, which previously dismissed criminal defamation charges brought by the controversial Thai chicken company Thammakaset Company Limited, ending the case against human rights defenders Nan Win and Sutharee Wannasiri...

This ruling comes more than three years after Thammakaset lodged complaints in October 2018 against former Thammakaset employee and migrant labor rights defender Nan Win and former Fortify Rights Human Rights Specialist Sutharee Wannasiri...

Lawsuits brought by Thammakaset are currently ongoing, including a case against former National Human Rights Commissioner of Thailand and Magsaysay Award Winner Angkhana Neelapaijit and another combined case against Angkhana Neelapaijit, Fortify Rights Senior Thailand Human Rights Specialist Puttanee Kangkun, and a former Fortify Rights Communications Associate Thanaporn Saleephol. The trial of Angkhana Neelapaijit will continue on April 25, and the preliminary hearings of the combined case are scheduled for May 31 and June 17...

“Human rights defenders should be able to conduct their work without fear of reprisal ... It is in Thailand’s interest and the public’s interest to bring an end to criminal defamation once and for all.”
Amy Smith, Executive Director of Fortify Rights