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From: Myriam Horngren <mh@wacc.org.uk>
To: CRIS members <Cris-active@comunica.org>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:54 PM
Subject: [CRIS active] Supinya vs Shin: if you have not
signed yet,please do!
>
> And please distribute! We are close to the 1000
signatures and we would
> like to send it to Shin soon. Please add your
signatures and distribute,
> thank you!: www.wacc.org.uk/supinya and please put
links on websites,
> etc...
> Thank you,
> myriam
>
> ONLINE PETITION CALLS ON SHIN CORP TO DROP LIBEL SUIT
>
>
>
> In July 2003 Supinya Klangnarong, Secretary General of
the Campaign
>
> for Popular Media Reform in Thailand had noted, in an
interview
>
> published in the Thai Post, that Shin Corporation
profits had soared
>
> since Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had come to
power and had
>
> questioned the relationships between politics and
commercial
>
> interests. Shin Corp was founded by the Prime Minister
and is now
>
> owned by his family.
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>
>
> Supinya paid dearly for her comments as in late 2003,
SHIN CORP filed
>
> a criminal libel suit against Ms Supinya Klangnarong,
Secretary
>
> General of the Campaign for Popular Media Reform,
followed by a civil
>
> suit seeking compensation for loss of earnings of
approximately $10
>
> million. The trial has a start date of 19th July 2005.
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>
>
> This petition is already supported by Noam Chomsky,
Ariel Dorfman, Bob
>
> McChesney, Bernard Cassen and Armand Mattelart. Follow
suit by signing
>
> up to WACC's call for SHIN to drop the case. The
online petition is
>
> available on:
>
> http://www.wacc.org.uk/supinya
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>
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> Notes for editors:
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> For more information on Supinya's case, including a
full chronology of
>
> the case and dates for the court proceedings, go to:
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> http://www.wacc.org.uk/supinya
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>
>
> Contact info: Myriam Horngren, Advocacy and Network
Coordinator
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> mh@wacc.org.uk Office 44 (0) 207 582 9139 Mobile
447962 06 26 98
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>
>
> Hi-res photographs are available from Sean Hawkey,
Communication
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> Officer sh@wacc.org.uk Office 44 (0) 207 582 9139
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