<p>Thai netizens&nbsp;found&nbsp;that the homepage of the Dental Council of Thailand had been attacked by a hacker claiming to be from Myanmar. Protest messages in broken Thai were displayed against discrimination against Myanmar migrant workers and the rape of a Myanmar woman by a Thai policeman. &nbsp;</p>

<p>ASEAN lawmakers urged regional governments today to do more to protect migrant workers and refugees, arguing that all members of the ASEAN community are entitled to basic rights and deserve to have their dignity and humanity respected.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/thailand">Thai</a>&nbsp;government should halt enforcement of a new migrant workers’ law that imposes excessive criminal penalties and has caused thousands of migrant workers to flee Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today.</p>

<p>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/thailand">Thai</a>&nbsp;authorities should drop&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jun/06/workers-claiming-they-had-to-sleep-with-the-chickens-face-thai-court-charges-burmese-migrants">criminal defamation charges</a>&nbsp;against 14 Burmese migrant workers who alleged that their employer violated their labor rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Proceedings in the case will begin in Don Muang Magistrates Court in Bangkok on June 7, 2017.</p>

<p>What are the dreams of families who migrated from Shan State and currently reside in Thailand? Many families hope to be reunited with family members in their home country; but there are many families who hope to begin new lives here, in Thailand. &nbsp;While Shan children have been growing up in Thai society and feel that Thailand is their home, how should the Thai policies on citizenship and the status of stateless people be adjusted to the needs of this cross-border population? &nbsp;These issues are addressed in the following report.</p> <p></p>

<p>A provincial court in southern Thailand has dismissed charges of human trafficking filed by Cambodian workers against a Thai fishing boat captain and a fish market owner. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>On 22 February 2017, the Provincial Court of Ranong read the verdict&nbsp;in a case filed by Ranong public prosecutors against Banjob Kaenkaew, a fishing boat captain, and Somchai Jettanapornsamran, owner of a fish market based in Samut Sakhon.</p>

<p>On 29 December 2016,&nbsp;Mr. Sai Kein, a migrant worker&nbsp;from Myanmar, has authorized a representative to bring the case to the Labour Court of Samut Sakhon against the Social Security Office in Nakhon Pathom&nbsp;as defendant no.&nbsp;1&nbsp;and the Workmen’s Compensation Fund Committee, defendant no.&nbsp;2. It has stemmed from that the WCF Committee&nbsp;had issued a decision no. NT&nbsp;0030.1/33948&nbsp;dated&nbsp;18&nbsp;November 2016 on ‘the result of the appeal regarding the directive on compensation’ which denied Mr.</p>

<div dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">The Thai Supreme Court has dismissed a criminal defamation charge against a well-known British labour rights advocate, who was sued by a Thai canned fruit company for voicing labour abuse.</p> <p dir="ltr">On 4 November 2016, the Supreme Court dismissed a criminal defamation case against Andy Hall, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BBCThai/photos/a.1527194487501586.1073741828.1526071940947174/1842534709300894/?type=3&amp;theater">BBC Thai reported</a>.</p> </div>

<p dir="ltr">A Thai court has handed a three year suspended jail term to Andy Hall, a well-known British migrant labour rights defender, for defaming a canned fruit company.</p> <p dir="ltr">On 20 September 2016, Bangkok’s Southern Criminal Court read a verdict on the case between Natural Fruit Co. Ltd., a Thai canned fruit company based in southern Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, and Andy Hall, a well-known human rights defender who advocates for migrant worker rights.</p>

<div title="Page 1"> <div> <div> <p>There are around 3 million regular and irregular Myanmar migrant workers living and working in Thailand.</p> </div></div></div>

<p>Washington, DC: The U.S. Department of State maintained Thailand’s Tier 3 ranking, the lowest category, in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which was released this morning.</p>