Press Releases
2020
Call on Taiwan's APEC Representatives to Raise Human-Rights Cases with China
Civil-society groups called on Taiwan's 2020 APEC representatives-Morris Chang, Minister without Portfolio John C. C.…
2020
The Shih Mu-Chin Case Should Be Heard in Public, and Investigation Reports on the Other "Shih Mu-Chins" Should Be Released - Monitoring the Shih Mu-Chin Case, Press Conference II
Two months after the Control Yuan released its investigation report on the Shih Mu-Chin case and called for a thorough…
2020
Hai-Wang's Daybreak ✸ Chiou Ho-shun's Forgotten 32 Years - Exhibition Press Conference
In the year Chiou Ho-shun turned 60, the Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Amnesty…
2020
Citizen Judges: Is Everyone Ready? - Press Conference Launching the Civil Society Coalition for Monitoring the Citizen Judges Act
The Citizen Judges Act, passed on July 22, 2020, will introduce citizen participation into Taiwan's criminal courts on…
2020
Transparency, Participation, Supporting Measures, Evaluation, and Further Reform - Founding Statement of the Civil Society Coalition for Monitoring the Citizen Judges Act
The Citizen Judges Act will take effect on January 1, 2023. To promote popular sovereignty and the public's right to…
2020
October 25 Stand with Hong Kong March: Global Solidarity for the 12 Hongkongers - Advocate an Asia-Pacific Court of Human Rights and Push Back Against Hong Kong's National Security Law
Taiwanese civil society groups will hold a Stand with Hong Kong march in Taipei on Sunday, October 25, joining the…
2020
"Promote Legal Reform So Crime Victims Are No Longer Left Helpless" - Launch of the Civil Alliance for Crime Victims' Rights Protection
Crime victims and their families are often overlooked and left without support in criminal proceedings. Several civil…
2020
Call for President Tsai Ing-Wen and NHRC Chair Chen Chu to Attend APEC and Advocate an Asia-Pacific Court of Human Rights
With this year's APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting scheduled for late November, the Economic Democracy Union, Taiwan…
2020
March 24 Executive Yuan Violent Clearance: Accountability Remains Unfinished, and History Must Not Be Forgotten - Press Conference on the Decision Not to Appeal the Private Prosecution of Ma, Chiang, Fang, and Wang
Six and a half years after the March 24, 2014 violent clearance of the Executive Yuan, the Taiwan Taipei District Court…
