Press Releases
2020
Riding for Chiou Ho-shun's Freedom: Press Conference by Supporters of Chiou Ho-shun
On April 7 this year, Chiou Ho-shun's 60th birthday, his pro bono legal team and civil society groups long campaigning…
2020
Calling on the DPP to Support the Simultaneous Trial Run of Lay Participation and Jury Systems – Public Petition Action at the DPP Headquarters
The 'Grand Alliance for the Simultaneous Trial Run of Lay Participation and Jury Systems' was initiated by civil…
2020
The Runaway Train of Lay Participation in Trials: Who Will Call for a Stop? Public Mobilization in Full Support of "Simultaneous Pilot Programs for Lay Assessors and Jury Systems"
The "Alliance for the Promotion of Simultaneous Pilot Programs for Lay Assessors and Jury Systems" was initiated by…
2020
Monitoring the Ruling Power is the Duty of Reform Groups: A Response to Chien-Ch'ing Prosecutors Reform's Statement of May 7, 2020
In response to the statement issued today by the prosecutors' reform group, Chien-Ch'ing Prosecutors Reform, entitled…
2020
The Duty of Those in Power is to Improve Systems, Not Intervene in Individual Judicial Cases: Response to the Chiayi District Court's 2008st Criminal Case No. 6 Verdict on the Train Police-Stabbing Incident
On April 30, the Chiayi District Court delivered a verdict in case 108-Chung-Su-6, acquitting the defendant Cheng…
2020
Joint Statement by Civil Society and the Judicial Yuan on Past Consultations Regarding the Draft Act on National Participation in Criminal Trials
From December 2018 to May 2019, the Judicial Yuan took the initiative to invite the Judicial Reform Foundation and the…
2020
Public Support for Concurrent Pilot Implementation of Lay Participation and Juries—Expanded Petition and Call-to-Action Press Conference
The "Alliance for the Concurrent Pilot Implementation of Jury and Lay Participation Systems" was initiated by civil…
2020
The Government's Lenient Treatment of the Zhonghe Police Head-Kicking Incident Encourages State Violence to Become the Norm
More than 20 days have passed since the violent head-kicking incident involving officers from the Zhonghe Precinct…
2020
Second-Instance Judgment in the March 23 Executive Yuan Occupation Defense Case: 1 Acquittal, 16 Convictions
The Criminal Division of the Taiwan High Court delivered its second-instance judgment in the March 23 Executive Yuan…
