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Government Of Thailand & Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn V. Wuth Boonlert & Samak Donnapee, Human Rights Institute, Lionel Blackman
Government Of Thailand & Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn V. Wuth Boonlert & Samak Donnapee, Human Rights Institute, Lionel Blackman
Human Rights Institute
In 2019, Samak Donnapee, a retired forestry officer, and Wuth Boonlert, an indigenous human rights advocate, were prosecuted and tried for criminal defamation. The charges, brought by a government officer, Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn, (in his private capacity) and the Public Prosecutor, relate to Facebook posts by Samak Donnapee. The Prosecution alleged that the Facebook posts suggested that government employee Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn owned land that unlawfully encroached onto a national park that is also traditionally indigenous land. Wuth Boonlert was accused of sharing one of these posts with no further commentary. None of the posts named Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn.
Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn, a senior …