Press Releases

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03May.
2006

Judicial Reform Foundation’s Position Paper Opposing Certain Provisions of the Communication Security and Surveillance Act

Judicial Reform Foundation

On January 1, 2006, the newly amended Communication Security and Surveillance Act (hereinafter the "New Surveillance…

27Apr.
2006

Statement by the Judicial Reform Foundation Regarding Taiwan High Court Presiding Judge Lee Wen-cheng's Involvement in Chen Che-nan's Alleged Judicial influence-peddling Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

The nongovernmental version of the Judges Act draft has been submitted to the Legislative Yuan, awaiting the official…

24Apr.
2006

Statement by the Judicial Reform Foundation Regarding the Impersonation of JRF Volunteers

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Judicial Reform Foundation has received reports from the public that judicial scalpers have been falsely claiming…

18Apr.
2006

Statement by the Judicial Reform Foundation Regarding Legislative Members Suspected of Interfering in the Judiciary

Judicial Reform Foundation

According to news reports, when Presidential Office Secretary-General Mark Chen served as a legislator two years ago,…

13Apr.
2006

Sower of Legal Education: Press Conference on the Allocation and Use of Kingston's Donation

Judicial Reform Foundation

Following the 2004 presidential election, Mr. David Sun of Kingston Technology in the U.S. observed social turbulence…

11Apr.
2006

Press Release by the Anti-Corruption Action Alliance on the Legislative Veto of Prosecutor-General Nominee Hsieh Wen-ting

Anti-Corruption Action Alliance

The Legislative Yuan held a confirmation vote for the Prosecutor-General today. Due to a boycott by the pan-Blue…

05Apr.
2006

Statement by the Judicial Reform Foundation Regarding the Incident Involving Grand Justice Ch'eng Chung-mo

Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding Grand Justice Cheng Chung-mo, we issue several statements and expectations strictly from the perspective of a…

23Mar.
2006

Establishing a New Paradigm for the Exercise of the Legislative Consent Power: The Appointment of the Prosecutor-General as the Litmus Test

Anti-Corruption Action Alliance

Pursuant to Paragraph 7, Article 66 of the newly amended Court Organization Act revised on January 13, the…

23Mar.
2006

"Presumption of Innocence" and " Non-Disclosure of Investigations" Tugging Between "Truth" and "People's Rights" – Joint Statement on the Taiwan Railway Derailment Case

Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Taiwan Media Watch Foundation, Awakening Foundation

The South-Link Line Chu-Kuang Express derailment on March 17 tragically resulted in one death and two injuries.…