Posts Tagged ‘Phuket Province’

Human rights defenders Alan Morrison and Chutima Sidasathian charged under Computer Crime Act in Thailand

December 23, 2013

On 18 December 2013, human rights defenders, Mr Alan Morrison and Ms Chutima Sidasathian, appeared at the police station in Phuket province. The two human rights defenders are accused of libel and violating the Computer Crime Act for publishing an article entitled “Thai Military Profiting from Trade and Boat people, Says Special Report”, which was published on Phuketwan website on 17 July 2013. The human rights defenders are due to appear at the police station again on 24 December 2013.   Read the rest of this entry »