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    58 Search results for "Andy Hall"

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    Thai court orders migrant rights activist Andy Hall to pay over $300,000

    A court in Thailand on Monday ordered a migrant workers advocate to pay 10 million baht ($321,000) in damages to a Thai fruit company in the latest round of a long-running legal battle between the two parties.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    British migrant rights activist Andy Hall sues Thai authorities

    British rights activist Andy Hall files lawsuits against Thai authorities and a major Thai fruit producer, accusing them of unlawful prosecution over a 2014 criminal defamation case against him that had been thrown out of court.

    Human Trafficking Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    EU official decries ‘dark shadow’ cast by Andy Hall verdict

    A top European Union official criticises a Thai court ruling that found the British rights activist guilty of criminal defamation for alleging labour abuses.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thai court finds Andy Hall guilty of defamation

    The verdict against the prominent migrant rights defender is expected to have a chilling effect on efforts to protect foreign workers in Thailand.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Koh Tao police report ‘inconclusive and unreliable’: Andy Hall

    Migrant rights advocate Andy Hall testified to a Thai court on Wednesday, on behalf of two Burmese men accused of rape and murder on the island of Koh Tao.

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    Case thrown out against activist Andy Hall

    UK proponent of Burmese migrant rights Andy Hall has walked free after the Thai Court of Appeals threw out the suit brought against him by Natural Fruit.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Andy Hall to face trial on defamation charges

    British human rights activist Andy Hall will face a defamation suit brought against him by Thailand’s Natural Fruit Company after a Bangkok court accepted the prosecution’s case.

    Law Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    First defamation charges against Andy Hall dismissed

    The first of four defamation charges brought against British activist Andy Hall by Thailand’s Natural Fruit Company was dismissed by a Bangkok court on Wednesday due to a legal technicality.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Rights activist Andy Hall released on bail

    British researcher Andy Hall returned to court in Thailand on Wednesday to hear the fourth charge brought against him by Natural Fruit, a Thai pineapple processing company.

    Business News Politics

    Migrants to face challenges in seeking minimum wage

    Rights group expresses concern that Burmese migrant workers will struggle to claim new Thai minimum wage plans that were voted for in Thailand’s recent election

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Labour activist, fearing for safety, leaves Thailand

    Prominent British rights activist Andy Hall leaves Thailand, saying he fears for his safety amid legal problems and growing harassment from companies.

    Koh Tao Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Appeal submitted for Koh Tao murder case

    Andy Hall, a migrant rights activist assisting the defence team, said the main thrust of the appeal relates to issues with the forensic evidence.

    Analysis Contributor Lead Story Migrants Issues News Opinion

    Thailand’s system of ‘legalised trafficking’ failing migrants

    Burma’s new government should push Thailand to end exploitation of foreign workers, says migrant rights activist Andy Hall.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thai PM urged to intervene in case against British activist

    Andy Hall, a British activist who campaigns for the rights of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand, faces final hearing in defamation suit on Monday.

    Analysis Contributor Crime Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Migrants, justice and the Koh Tao murder case

    The outcome of the upcoming murder trial will be a test for Thailand not only to realise justice for the deceased, says rights activists Andy Hall.

    Lead Story News

    British activist’s defamation trial begins in Bangkok

    A potentially precedent-setting trial began on Tuesday in Bangkok, as British activist Andy Hall faced the first of four libel charges against him for his research about a Thai company’s alleged abuse of migrant labourers, the majority of whom are Burmese

    Human Rights Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Natural Fruit ups ante against rights activist

    Following a few months of relative quiet, the defamation case against British researcher Andy Hall is back in motion.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thousands of migrants continue to flee Thai crackdown on foreign labour

    Tens of thousands of workers have fled Thailand, most of them for homes in neighbouring Burma, after new labour regulations adopted by the military government sparked fear and panic among the migrant community.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese lead migrants’ push for better pay, benefits at Thai seafood firm

    Burmese nationals lead more than 2,000 migrant workers at a major Thai seafood exporting company in calling for bigger bonuses and better welfare benefits, a rare demand in a country that bars foreigners from forming trade unions.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Activists warn of ‘copycat’ prosecutions after Thai verdict

    A guilty verdict for a British activist in Thailand charged with defamation for alleging ill-treatment of migrant workers at a big fruit company sets an alarming precedent, say rights groups.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Social media raises migrants’ awareness of rights

    A Facebook post that alerted a group of Burmese migrants to their own exploitation has triggered a landmark case on the rights of foreign workers in Thailand.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese workers sign up for ‘ethical recruitment’ scheme

    Some 200 Burmese nationals signed contracts to work in Thailand at a press conference held in Rangoon over the weekend to publicise a new “ethical recruitment” scheme.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News

    Thai govt, poultry industry agree to new labour guidelines

    The move comes less than two months after a group of Burmese poultry farm workers in Thailand accused their former employer of forcing them to work under slave-like conditions.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Another poultry farm worker faces charges

    A second Burmese poultry farm worker is to be charged with stealing a time-card from his workplace in Thailand, in a case that is attracting international attention.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Chicken farm case spurs action from Thai industry

    As former workers at a poultry farm in Thailand’s Lopburi Province come forward with allegations of abuse, major Thai food exporters are moving quickly to allay concerns about their supply chains.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Exporter cuts ties with Thai chicken farm after abuse allegations

    Food giant Betagro issued a statement on Wednesday saying it had “stopped business operations with the farm until there is a solution for the labour conflict.”

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Time-card ‘thief’ arrested after informing on employer

    A Burmese woman who accused her Thai employer of abuses was charged on Saturday for allegedly stealing her work time-card.

    Human Rights Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Suu Kyi apologises to migrants

    Aung San Suu Kyi has apologised to supporters who stood in the rain for hours hoping to see her during her visit to Mahachai on Thursday.

    Feature Lead Story Migrants Issues News Refugees

    Living on 10 baht a day

    Expectations are high that this week’s visit to Thailand by Aung San Suu Kyi will help raise awareness of issues affecting the millions of Burmese migrant workers in the country.

    A young girl packs crab at the port of Ranong in southern Thailand. (PHOTO: John Hulme)

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Suu Kyi

    Migrant rights groups call for action ahead of Suu Kyi’s trip to Thailand

    Rights groups have renewed a call for a long-term migration policy between Burma and Thailand.

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