Activists’ acquittals in criminal defamation case hailed

Bangkok Post3 November 2026, 07:39 UTCThailand

The United Nations human rights body has welcomed a Thai Court of Appeal decision upholding the acquittal of three human rights activists in a long-running criminal defamation case brought by the Thammakaset poultry company.

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