Thailand: environmental rights defender sued by industrial waste management company for complaining about its environmental impact

Event
Country
  • Thailand
Initial Date
Apr 28, 2020
Event Description

On 28 April 2020, an environmental rights defender was sued by an industrial waste management company for complaining about its environmental impact in Thailand.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Man
Violation
  • Intimidation and Threats
  • Judicial Harassment
Rights Concerned
  • Offline
  • Right to healthy and safe environment
HRD
  • Community-based HRD
  • Environmental rights defender
Perpetrator-Non-State
  • Corporation (others)
Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 16.172859970822287

Longitude: 101.0632264815338

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 28 April 2020, an environmental rights defender was sued by an industrial waste management company for complaining about its environmental impact in Thailand.