<p>Art critic Pearamon Tulavardhana reports that she has received a court summons on a charge of defamation by publication filed against her by Chiang Mai University lecturer Pongsiri Kiddee, after she published an article on an exhibition organized by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC).</p>

<p>An Amnesty International staff member has been fined along with three other speakers and a panel moderator for taking part in a <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9329">panel discussion on enforced disappearance</a> on 4 July 2021.</p>

<p>Student Union of Thailand (SUT) president Jutatip Sirikhan has been arrested while on the way to university earlier today (1 September) for her participation in the 18 July mass protest.</p>

<p>15 activists who received a police summons for their participation in the 18 July mass protest at the Democracy Monument went to Samranrat Police Station on 28 August to hear their charges, after they had participated in a <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8755">demonstration at the 14 October Memorial</a> on Ratchadamnoen Avenue the previous night.</p>

<p>Student activist Panupong &ldquo;Mike&rdquo; Jadnok was arrested for the second time yesterday (25 August), for participating in the demonstration at Thammasat University&rsquo;s Rangsit campus on 10 August. Human rights lawyer Anon Nampa was also arrested earlier today (26 August) on the same charge.</p>

<p>Mr Sumeth Rainpongnam, a 48-year-old farmer, and the&nbsp;Khon Rak Kroksomboon&nbsp;group are upholding their community&rsquo;s right to a safe environment, in spite of violence and Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)</p>

<p>The criminal court has acquitted a Myanmar ex-employee and a human rights advocate sued for defamation by Thammakaset, a Lop-buri based chicken farm company, over a video interview about bad working conditions. The verdict found the video was fair comment.</p>

<p>Thai chicken farm company Thammakaset has filed two new criminal complaints against former human rights commissioner Angkhana Neelapaijit and Fortify Rights Senior Human Rights Specialist Puttanee Kangkun for their tweets and re-tweets expressing support for human rights defenders facing lawsuits from Thammakaset and linking to&nbsp;news releases published by Fortify Rights about the cases.</p>

<p>Today, the ICJ submitted recommendations on strengthening Thailand&rsquo;s Anti-Strategic Litigation against Public Participation (SLAPP) law to the Ministry of Justice, which is tasked to conduct a &ldquo;study on the guidelines for development of laws, regulations or measures to prevent SLAPP,&rdquo; in accordance with Thailand&rsquo;s First National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (2019 &ndash; 2022) (NAP).</p>

<p>Yesterday (24 December), the Lop Buri Provincial Court sentenced former Voice TV reporter Suchanee Cloitre to two years in prison in a libel case filed against her by the Thammakaset Company.</p>

<p>On 5 August, a second hearing was held at the Criminal Court in Bangkok to examine the grounds in the defamation case brought by Thammakaset Company against Ngamsuk Ruttanasatian, a lecturer in the Institute for Human Rights and Peace (IHRP) at Mahidol University.</p>