Thailand Court Clears U.K. Labor Activist of Defaming Fruit Company - The New York Times

"A British labor activist who accused a Thai fruit company of abusing migrant workers was cleared of a criminal defamation charge by Thailand’s highest court on Thursday."

"But a separate conviction against the activist, Andy Hall, stands, and Mr. Hall said on Thursday that he would appeal it and sue the company, Natural Fruit, as well as Thailand’s attorney general and others."

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Thailand Court Clears U.K. Labor Activist of Defaming Fruit Company - The New York Times:

British Researcher Andy Hall Faces Thai Jail For Reporting Alleged Migrant Worker Abuse

Source: Huffington Post UK

A British human rights campaigner is facing seven years in prison and a $10 million fine for uncovering appalling "modern slavery" conditions in a Thai pineapple factory.

Andy Hall goes on trial Tuesday despite over 100 organisations and over 300,000 people signing petitions calling for his charges to be dropped. Human Rights Watch and Britain's Trade Union Congress are among the groups demanding that the "bogus" charges be dropped.

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