Thailand: Judicial harassment against HRD Kratik
Event- Country
- Thailand
- Initial Date
- Oct 1, 2018
- Event Description
This is Kratik is an independent researcher and consultant who has been working in the field of human rights for years. She has recently been a victim of a series of judicial harassment launched by Thammakaset company who launched two separate criminal and civil defamation complaints against her in relation to her social media post about her previous advocacy work with Fortify Rights and their report on the labour abuses and judicial harassment carried out by Thammakaset against the 14 migrant workers. The Criminal Court and Civil Court in Bangkok scheduled her hearings for the 27 November, 3 December and 24 December 2018. Her criminal prosecutions are directly linked to the lawsuits against Nan Win, one of the 14 migrant workers, as a result of her contribution to Fortify Rights' short film, and press conference.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- Enactment of repressive legislation and policies
- Judicial Harassment
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Summary for Publications
During October, Kratik, who has been advocating for human rights through her work with Fortify Rights and beyond recieved criminal and civil defamation complaints against her in relation to her social media post about her previous advocacy work with Fortify Rights and their report on the labour abuses and judicial harassment