Press Releases
2020
Police Commanders' Responsibility Lighter Than a Feather: Commander Yang Hung-cheng Again Acquitted on Appeal in the March 24 Private Prosecution Case
At 10:00 a.m. today (the 29th), the Criminal Division of the Taiwan High Court dismissed the appeal in the private…
2020
Six and a Half Years Since the March 24 Executive Yuan Violent Clearance, No One Held Accountable for State Violence ~ Statement on the First-Instance Judgment in the March 24 Private Prosecution Against Ma Ying-jeou, Chiang Yi-huah, Wang Cho-chun, and Fang Yang-ning
At 9:30 a.m. today (the 15th), the Criminal Division of the Taipei District Court delivered its judgment in the private…
2020
Who Will Supervise the "Shih Mu-chin's"? Press Conference on the Civil Society Draft Amendments to the Judges Act Concerning Official Supervision
On September 9, the Control Yuan released its investigation report on the Shih Mu-chin case. In addition to Shih…
2020
Global Call: Establish an International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanism for China
We therefore support the UN experts' call for the Human Rights Council to hold a special session to evaluate the scope…
2020
First-Instance Judgment in the March 24 Fourth-Anniversary National Police Agency Paint-Splashing Case ("Hand Over the March 23 Violent Police"): Six Defendants Convicted, Authoritarian Criminal Law Awaits Decriminalization
At 9:30 a.m. today (the 9th), the Taipei District Court sentenced each of the six defendants in the March 23…
2020
Judicial Reform Adrift, Navigating Back to the Public's Expectations: Press Conference Marking the Third Anniversary of the National Cornell on Judicial Reform
Three years have passed since the conclusion of the National Conference on Judicial Reform in August 2017, yet public…
2020
Former National Athlete Ch'en Ching-k'ai Accused of Faking Blindness Wins Civil Retrial, but Injustice Awaits Redress—Press Conference on the Civil Retrial Judgment for Ch'en Ching-k'ai and Mingtai Insurance
This afternoon (the 27th) at 14:30, the Taiwan High Court Kaohsiung Branch delivered its judgment on the civil retrial…
2020
Press Conference: A Misguided BARROC Election – Self-Centeredness Prevails, But Where Are Lawyer Self-Regulation and Social Public Interest?
Postal voting for the election of the first chairperson, directors, supervisors, and member representatives of the…
2020
Response to the Third Reading and Passage of the Citizen Judges Act: Press Conference on the 24th Day of Sit-in Protest Against the Inclusion of the Lay Participation Bill in the Legislative Yuan's Extraordinary Session
The Alliance for the Concurrent Trial of Lay Participation and Jury Systems, composed of civil society organizations…
