"Thailand: Protect Human Rights Defenders Working on Business and Human Rights", 04 April 2018

The Government of Thailand should protect human rights defenders working in the context of business operations and ensure their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Fortify Rights said...in a 16-page submission to the United Nations’ experts...

The submission by Fortify Rights documents attacks and incidents of harassment perpetrated against human rights defenders working on corporate accountability from 2014 to the present day.

The Thai authorities have failed to protect human rights defenders by allowing violations and abuses to take place with impunity...
 
Fortify Rights also documented how private companies and Thai authorities have used criminal defamation laws, the 2007 Computer-related Crime Act, and the 2015 Public Assembly Act to intimidate and harass human rights defenders. A litany of criminal proceedings have been brought against KRBKG members in relation to their protest against a gold mine, Thai PBS and its journalists for reporting on environmental impacts allegedly linked to the same gold mine, and Andy Hall, a British labor-rights advocate and 14 Myanmar migrant workers for reporting on alleged labor-rights abuses in a Thai poultry-rearing company.