Press Releases
2021
Statement on the Third-Instance Judgment in the March 23 Executive Yuan Occupation Defense Case
The Supreme Court vacated the lower-court judgment in the March 23 Executive Yuan Occupation Defense Case and remanded…
2021
Who Is Blocking Reform of Expert Evidence? How Many More Wrongful Convictions Will the Justice System Produce? - Press Conference on Implementing Judicial Reform Resolutions
More than a year and a half after the Judicial Yuan's draft Code of Criminal Procedure amendments on expert examination…
2021
International Democratic Community Must Act Now: Responding to Hong Kong's "Kaohsiung Incident"
Following the January 6, 2021 mass arrest of 53 people connected to Hong Kong's "35+" pro-democracy primaries,…
2020
China's Opaque Trial of the 12 Hongkongers: Taiwan Should Upgrade Its Hong Kong Assistance Policy
After a Chinese court sentenced 10 defendants in the "12 Hongkongers" case to terms of six months to three years,…
2020
"The Ministry of Justice Has Not Kept Its Promise - How Long Must Crime Victims Wait?" - Press Conference by the Alliance for Crime Victims' Rights Protection
The Alliance for Crime Victims' Rights Protection released its civil-society draft Crime Victim Rights Protection Act…
2020
Former National Athlete Chen Ching-Kai Wins Another Civil Retrial, While His Wrongful Criminal Conviction Remains Unresolved
On December 30, 2020, the Taiwan High Court Kaohsiung Branch Court again ruled for Chen Ching-Kai in a civil retrial…
2020
Statement | Condemning China Times' Improper Use of Footage from the Chiou Ho-shun Support Action and Calling for Corrections
The support groups clarify that the December 10 silent march calling for a presidential pardon for Chiou Ho-shun had no…
2020
When Will Hai-Wang See Daybreak? Handcuffed in Solidarity on Human Rights Day, Calling on the President to Pardon Chiou Ho-shun
Thirty-two years after Chiou Ho-shun was falsely accused in the Lu Cheng and Ko Hung Yu-Lan cases, judicial remedies…
2020
What Is a Citizen Judge? Open Mock Trials Are the Best Public Outreach - Launch of the Citizen Judges Act Court Observation Group
With the Citizen Judges Act scheduled to take effect in two years, district courts across Taiwan are conducting mock…
