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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.
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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.
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A top European Union official criticises a Thai court ruling that found the British rights activist guilty of criminal defamation for alleging labour abuses.
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The verdict against the prominent migrant rights defender is expected to have a chilling effect on efforts to protect foreign workers in Thailand.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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
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Prominent British rights activist Andy Hall leaves Thailand, saying he fears for his safety amid legal problems and growing harassment from companies.
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Andy Hall, a migrant rights activist assisting the defence team, said the main thrust of the appeal relates to issues with the forensic evidence.
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Burma’s new government should push Thailand to end exploitation of foreign workers, says migrant rights activist Andy Hall.
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Andy Hall, a British activist who campaigns for the rights of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand, faces final hearing in defamation suit on Monday.
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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.
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
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Following a few months of relative quiet, the defamation case against British researcher Andy Hall is back in motion.
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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.
A British journalist with the BBC faces up to five years in a Thai jail after a lawyer brought a criminal defamation case against him over an investigation into fraud on a popular tourist island.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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A Burmese woman who accused her Thai employer of abuses was charged on Saturday for allegedly stealing her work time-card.
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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.
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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.
