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01Aug.
2013

"Care for Hung Chung-chiu, Do Not Forget Chiang Kuo-ch'ing: Ministry of National Defense, What Happened to the Claim for Compensation?" Press Conference ~ Indict Ch'en Chao-min! Claim Compensation for Wrongful Execution! Court Observation of the Seventh Civil Compensation Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Hung Chung-chiu case has placed immense pressure on the Ministry of National Defense, which is the result of the…

31Jul.
2013

Conclusion of Investigation in the Hung Chung-chiu Case: JRF Statement on Half-Hearted Reform Leading to Endless Future Troubles!

Judicial Reform Foundation

The military prosecutor's office concluded its investigation into the Hung Chung-chiu case amid public outrage, failing…

23Jul.
2013

Defending Freedom of Speech and Denouncing Unlawful Police Actions

Joint Statement by Civil Society Organizations

Following the Dapu Incident, there have been successive incidents of peace advocates being unlawfully arrested,…

17Jul.
2013

Reviewing Laws to Implement the Two Covenants is a Governmental Duty by Law ~ Civil Society Will Not Endorse a Public Hearing Designed to Shirk Responsibility Casually

Alliance for Civil Society Supervision of the Two Covenants

We believe that regarding this batch of bills violating the Two Covenants from 2009, because the government failed to…

10Jul.
2013

Public Notice Regarding the Judges Evaluation Commission: The Core Issue is Not the Severity of Punishment, but the Standards of Punishment Shaped by the Commission

Judicial Reform Foundation

In February of this year, our Foundation filed a request with the Judicial Yuan's Judges Evaluation Commission for an…

06Jul.
2013

Wrongful Conviction: An Accused Person's Indictment of Police, Prosecutors, and Judges

Judicial Reform Foundation

On March 26, 2010, Presiding Judge Satô Masanobu of the Utsunomiya District Court in Japan declared the defendant…

30Jun.
2013

Eggs Hitting the High Wall: A Brief Overview of Land Acquisition and Forced Demolition in Mainland China

Chang Lei / Beijing Lawyer

To speak of land acquisition and forced demolition in Mainland China over the past decade or so is to say that even if…

30Jun.
2013

Reviewing Wrongful Convictions Is the Only Way to Prevent Them: Reflections on the Non-Prosecution Disposition of the Author of "Fatal Scientific Evidence in the Wrongful Death of Chiang Kuo-Ching"

Lee Jun-yih / Professor, Institute of Forensic Medicine, National Taiwan University

More than two years have passed since the media sensationally broke the Chiang case, and the president at the time…

26Jun.
2013

Gazing at Human Frailty, Recognizing the Evil of Torture: June 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture | Bearing Witness to Torture Survivors

Judicial Reform Foundation

Torture is a punishment that inflicts severe physical or mental suffering, taking many forms from tangible to…