Press Releases

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04Sep.
2018

JRF Joins and Signs the Asian Innocence Declaration (2018.08.25)

Judicial Reform Foundation

We are nongovernmental organizations and activists in Asia who are concerned about wrongful convictions in criminal…

23Aug.
2018

Statement by the 318 Anti-Black Box Service Trade Agreement Pro Bono Lawyer Team on the Taipei District Court's Dismissal of the March 24 Executive Yuan Violent Clearance Private Prosecution

Judicial Reform Foundation

The 318 Anti-Black Box Service Trade Agreement Pro Bono Lawyer Team deeply regrets the Taipei District Court's…

13Aug.
2018

Three Major Issues Dragging Down Judicial Reform, Monitoring Alliance Releases Public Prescription—Press Conference of the Alliance for Civilian Monitoring and Implementation of the Judicial Reform National Consultative Conference Resolutions

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Alliance highlighted ten resolutions that can be implemented immediately, covering areas such as forensic science,…

26Jul.
2018

Death Row Inmate Awaiting Exoneration – Press Conference on the Ninth Extraordinary Appeal for Hsieh Chih-hung

Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Taiwan Association for Innocence, Criminal Human Rights Protection Committee of the Tainan Bar Association, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Amnesty International Tainan Group, Judicial Reform Foundation

On the 11th of this month, the Control Yuan released an investigation report on the Hsieh Chih-hung case, hoping that…

09Jul.
2018

Global Joint Statement for the "Third Anniversary of the 709 Crackdown" and "China Human Rights Lawyers Day"

Taiwan Support China Human Rights Lawyers Network

Over the past year, we have witnessed the Chinese government's continuous suppression of human rights lawyers and…

15Jun.
2018

Response from Ch'en Ching-k'ai's Legal Team and the Judicial Reform Foundation Regarding the Apple Daily Reader's Tip-off

Ch'en Ching-k'ai's Pro Bono Legal Team, Judicial Reform Foundation

The video provided by the whistleblower was maliciously edited. During court proceedings, this video had already been…

14Jun.
2018

Execution of Ch'en Ching-kai Postponed: Joint Statement by the Ch'en Ching-kai Legal Team and the Judicial Reform Foundation

Ch'en Ching-kai Legal Team, Judicial Reform Foundation

In the case where former national handball player Ch'en Ching-kai was wrongfully convicted by the courts for feigning…

13Jun.
2018

Press Conference | When Police Officers, Suspects and Citizens Are Forced to Become Actors: Police “Love and Iron Blood” Videos Breach Investigation Confidentiality

Judicial Reform Foundation

The “Love and Iron Blood” videos began with the Kaohsiung City Police Department, which edited body-worn camera and…

11Jun.
2018

Wrongful Conviction Emergency! Ch'en Ching-k'ai's Press Conference on "Requesting a Stay of Execution of Imprisonment"

Judicial Reform Foundation

Former handball national team member Ch'en Ching-k'ai was wrongfully convicted by the court of faking blindness to…