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Greenpeace ordered to pay $660m in US pipeline suit
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - A jury in North Dakota on Wednesday ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in a closely watched lawsuit brought by a US pipeline operator, raising serious free speech concerns.
Journalist prevails in another ‘Slapp’ case
Published on 06/03/2024
» The journalist and community advocate Chutima Sidasathian has been acquitted of three charges of criminal defamation in a closely watched case brought by a local mayor in Nakhon Ratchasima.
More clout to end Slapps
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/02/2023
» On Wednesday, the Appeal Court upheld a decision to dismiss lawsuits against Biothai president Witoon Lianchamroon initiated by the Weed Science Society of Thailand back in 2019.
Activists call for end to 'Slapp' cases
Published on 02/04/2022
» Thai authorities should uphold the right to freedom of expression by decriminalising defamation, a human rights group has said after the dismissal of criminal defamation cases brought against two activists by a local chicken processor.
Slapped into Silence
Asia focus, Published on 20/07/2020
» Freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly are fundamental human rights. They are crucial in any country that truly values public participation in development and decision-making.
ACT boss eyes end to tea time
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 11/12/2017
» Despite new methods of corruption, persistent calls for money among government officials and doubts surrounding some of those in power, Mana Nimitmongkol, secretary-general of the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT), says the environment for fighting corruption in Thailand has improved.