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05Dec.
2008

Still a "Regulatory" Act on Assemblies and Parades That Merely Whitewashes the Issue ~ Our Stern Statement on the Executive Yuan's Draft Amendment to the Assembly and Parade Act

Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding the "Draft Amendment to the Assembly and Parade Act" recently passed and announced by the Executive Yuan at…

29Nov.
2008

Statement by the Foundation Regarding the Outbreak of Several High-Profile Major Corruption Cases Domestically

Judicial Reform Foundation

Over the past few months, several high-profile major corruption cases have broken out domestically, involving…

21Nov.
2008

Joint Statement Regarding the Ministry of Justice's Attention Drawn by Former President Chen's Defense Counsel Issuing a Hunger Strike Statement on His Behalf

Taiwan Bar Association, Taipei Bar Association, Judicial Reform Foundation

According to recent media reports, after visiting former President Chen who was detained incommunicado at the detention…

20Nov.
2008

President Ma, Stop Turning a Blind Eye! The Problem Is Not Just Violence but Violent Police: Civil Groups Form the Legal Team Against Police Brutality

Judicial Reform Foundation

Civilian groups and the "Legal Team Against Police Brutality" held a press conference on Thursday, November 20, in…

13Nov.
2008

Cyber Student Movements and Detention to Extort Confessions

Lin Feng-cheng, Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Starting November 6, in protest of the police isolating crowds and unlawfully applying coercive force during the visit…

12Nov.
2008

Opposing Abuse of Power by Security Agencies and Police, and Reconsidering Whether the Assembly and Parade Act Should Stand: In Support of the Wild Strawberries Movement

Taiwan Law Society, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Bar Association, Taipei Bar Association

Around the time of the visit by Chen Yunlin, Chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits…

12Nov.
2008

Civil Groups Unite in a Silent Walk: Support the Wild Strawberries, Protect Taiwan!

Judicial Reform Foundation

How painstaking was the establishment of freedom and democracy? Over the past half century, millions of predecessors…

05Nov.
2008

Protesting the Ma Administration for Aligning with China's Low Human Rights Standards

Taiwan Civil Society Joint Statement

During the first Lien-Hu meeting in 2005, human rights groups demanded of the Kuomintang: "Political power may be lost,…

05Nov.
2008

Police Overreach Brings Back the Ghost of the Garrison Command: JRF Files Criminal Complaint Against Beitou Precinct Chief Lee Han-ching

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Taiwan Labour Front, Humanistic Education Foundation, Green Party Taiwan

On the evening of November 4, Lee Han-ching, Chief of the Beitou Precinct of the Taipei City Police Department, served…