Press Releases

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29May.
2003

Opposition to the Legislative Yuan Postponing the Exercise of the Consent Power for Grand Justices to the Next Session

Alliance for Civilian Supervision of Judicial Yuan Grand Justices Nominees

Regarding external reports that the Kuomintang and People First Party caucuses are unwilling to complete the review of…

19May.
2003

Civil Society Alliance for Monitoring Nominees for Grand Justices (Including the President and Vice President) of the Judicial Yuan

Civil Society Alliance for Monitoring Nominees for Grand Justices (Including the President and Vice President) of the Judicial Yuan

Yesterday (the 19th), the Office of the President officially announced the list of nominees for the upcoming term of…

18Apr.
2003

Where is Human Rights When Prosecutors, Police, and Investigation Bureaus Torture Suspects to Extract Confessions and Falsify Records? "Audio-Video Recording of Everything is the Only Way to Reveal Everything" Press Conference

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Bar Association, Chinese Police Science Association, Taiwan Association for Police Reform

Only by ensuring that the entire interrogation process is audio and video recorded, and that interrogation records are…

18Apr.
2003

"Full Recording for Full Exposure" Press Conference: Where Are Human Rights When Prosecutors, Police, and Investigation Bureaus Extort Confessions through Torture and Produce False Records?

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Bar Association, Chinese Association of Police Administration, Taiwan Police Reform Association

Only by fully implementing audio and video recording throughout interrogation processes and ensuring detailed, accurate…

07Apr.
2003

Alliance for Civilian Oversight of Judicial Yuan Grand Justices (including President and Vice President) Candidates Visits President Chen Shui-bian

Alliance for Civilian Oversight of Judicial Yuan Grand Justices (including President and Vice President) Candidates

Initiated by six civic organizations—the Taiwan Association for University Rights (Cheng She), Taiwan Law Society,…

04Apr.
2003

I Want My Grand Justices: Expectations of Various Sectors of Society Regarding Grand Justice Candidates

Alliance for Citizen Monitoring of Judicial Yuan Grand Justice (including President and Vice President) Candidates

New Grand Justices are set to take office this October, and the President will soon nominate candidates to be submitted…

14Mar.
2003

Press Conference on Flaws in Taiwan's Identification Practices

Judicial Reform Foundation

To thoroughly review the flaws in Taiwan's current identification practices and publicly call on prosecutors, police,…

06Mar.
2003

JRF's Statement on the High Prosecutors Office's Appeal Against the Su Case Retrial Judgment

Lin Ching-p'ing / JRF Executive Director

Regarding the High Prosecutors Office's decision today to appeal the retrial judgment of the Su case, ignoring prior…

21Feb.
2003

Urgent Statement by the Alliance for Civil Monitoring of Grand Justice Nominees (Including the President and Vice President) of the Judicial Yuan

Alliance for Civil Monitoring of Grand Justices of the Judicial Yuan

To prevent the nomination of the President and Vice President of the Judicial Yuan from becoming a tool for political…