Supreme Court
MIGRANT WORKERS RIGHTS DEFENDER ANDY HALL VINDICATED
Not before time, Andy Hall, who has exposed exploitative conditions for migrant workers in Thailand many times, has finally become the victor in his long battle with the fruit canning company Natural Fruit. His case is an outstanding example of what happens when whistle-blowers expose exploitation and even crimes committed by powerful people and companies […]
ANDY HALL STRIKES BACK AFTER SUPREME COURT JUDGES IN HIS FAVOUR
BUT STILL HE’S GOING THROUGH HELL COMMENT Congratulations are in order today for Andy Hall after the Supreme Court in Thailand finally dismissed a libel case brought over an interview he gave al-jazeera television describing conditions for Burmese migrant labourers at a Natural Fruit plant in the Thai province of Prachuap Khiri Kan. Congratulations as […]
THAI SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON ANDY HALL’S ACQUITTALS
Thailand’s Supreme Court will rule this week on decisions to acquit migrant workers activist Andy Hall of defaming the Natural Fruit Company. Andy Hall was acquitted at the Bangkok Criminal Court in Prakanong and at the Appeal Court. It seems that he should be acquitted again, but nothing is written in stone in Thailand, and […]
FIVE YEARS ON THE PENNY DROPS – THAI OFFICIAL’S CAMPAIGN AGAINST BRITISH ACADEMIC WAS A FARCE
ASPARAGUS ALL ROUND! THAI SUPREME COURT CLEARS BRITISH ACADEMIC OF DEFAMATION – BUT FINDS THE PLAINTIFF GUILTY! A British academic, who took on the cheating boss of Thailand’s National Innovation Agency, has won a five year court battle which has now paved the way for prosecutions for corruption. Dr. Wyn Ellis from Swansea, who is […]
