54 Dictating the Internet: Cases of Nan Win, Sutharee Wannasiri and others In October 2018, Thammakaset Co. Ltd. filed a criminal defamation suit under sections 326 and 328 of the Criminal Code against Sutharee Wannasiri, human rights defender and a former Thailand Human Rights Specialist with non-governmental organization Fortify Rights, for three comments she was alleged to have made on Twitter related to a film produced by Fortify Rights.163 The film, published in October 2017, had called on Thai authorities to drop existing criminal defamation charges against 14 migrant workers at a Thammakaset-operated chicken farm and to decriminalize defamation in Thailand. These charges had been brought against the migrant workers for alleging labour rights violations committed by the company. In October 2018, Thammakaset Co. Ltd. filed a criminal defamation suit under sections 326 and 328 of the Criminal Code against Nan Win, one of the 14 migrant workers from Myanmar, for two interviews he gave in a Fortify Rights film and during a Fortify Rights press conference on 6 October 2017. Thammakaset Co. Ltd. also filed a civil defamation suit against Sutharee Wannasiri citing the above-mentioned Twitter comments and demanding five million Thai Baht (more than USD 142,000) in compensation for alleged damage to the company’s reputation. In related cases: Other cases brought by the company against any individuals perceived to have expressed dissent, conducted advocacy on or released information relating to labour rights violations committed by Thammakaset Co. Ltd. included criminal defamation complaints under articles 326 and 328 of the Criminal Code against: Ngamsuk Rattanasatiean, who had shared information on the Facebook page of the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies; Suchanee Rungmuanporn, a former reporter from Voice TV who had made a post on Twitter highlighting labour rights violations by Thammakaset; Suthasinee Kaewleklai, coordinator of the Migrant Workers Rights 163 ICJ et. al, ‘Thailand: Drop defamation complaints against human rights defenders Nan Win and Sutharee Wannasiri’, 3 December 2018, Available at: https://www.icj.org/thailand-dropdefamation-complaints-against-human-rights-defenders-nan-win-and-sutharee-wannasiri/