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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11641

8 October 2016
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Thailand
European Parliament deplores condemnation of human rights activist Andy Hall
Brussels, 07/10/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 6 October, the European Parliament regretted that workers’ rights and European citizenship activist Andy Hall was condemned in Thailand on 20 September to a suspended sentence of three and a half years and a fine of 150,000 Thai baht for contributing to a report by Finnish NGO, Finnwatch, that condemned violations of labour rights in a factory in Thailand.

The MEPs called on Thailand, in a common EFDD, EPP, S&D, GUE/NGL, ALDE, ECR and Greens/EFA resolution they adopted, to...

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