The NUJ is calling on members to write to the Chief Executive of Tesco to condemn a libel action against two Thai journalists and The Guardian.

According to media reports, police in Thailand have so far detained six suspects involved in the April 10 suffocation deaths of 54 persons who had been brought in a refrigerated container truck from Burma, and are hunting for one more. All are civilians who were directly involved in the transport of this particular group of over a hundred people on route to Phuket, where they were going to work at very low wages in bad conditions like millions more of their compatriots. Meanwhile, the survivors are still facing deportation despite calls for them to be treated with dignity and in accordance with international and domestic standards that protect their rights irrespective of other factors.

Reporters Without Borders has called for the release of alljournalists and cyber-dissidents in Vietnam after a leading Vietnameseblogger was arrested on 19 April 2008 for taking part in protests againstChina.

The Asian Network for the Rights of Accident Victims (ANROAV), which is affiliated with the United Nations through its membership of the International Commission of Social Welfare, strongly condemns the globally reported manslaughter of Burmese migrant workers trying to find work in Thailand.

Ban Mai Nong Pheung village, a newly settled community of foreign highlanders in a Chiang Mai district, was raided by the Thai authorities in early April. About 60 community members have been detained until now. Provincial authorities have ordered the original Thai land-owners to demolish all houses and facilities, and restore the land to its original state within 30 days.