Thai companies should not be able to jail their critics

Activist faces possible 42-year sentence over tweets about working conditions

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Supporters of a British activist facing defamation charges gather at Bangkok South Criminal Court in 2016: Thai companies have filed SLAPP cases to intimidate human rights activists.  © Reuters

Puttanee Kangkun is director of The Fort, which hosts activist groups in Bangkok, and was previously a senior human rights specialist with the Southeast Asian activist group Fortify Rights.

Thailand's judiciary has been playing a pivotal role in recent weeks as powerful elites sought to obstruct, harass and silence elements of society they consider a threat, including the Move Forward Party, which captured the most votes in the election held in May.

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