Efforts to highlight and address the serious labour and human
rights abuses and the endemic corruption occurring throughout
Thailand have been severely hampered by ambiguity and
inappropriately applied legislation. Thailand’s controversial
Computer Crimes Act 2007 has been used to silence activists
and journalists working to expose trafficking, labour abuse and
corruption, including a recent libel lawsuit brought by the Thai
Navy against the Phuketwan newspaper over a report alleging
Navy involvement in the trafficking of Rohingya refugees