Press Releases
2017
Total Rule, Total Regression! Joint Statement Regarding the Police Arrest of Citizens and Attorneys Following the December 23 Labor Standards Act Protest
In the year and a half since the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) assumed "total governance" in 2016, it has not only…
2017
A Letter Finally Sent After Six Years! A New Breakthrough in Prison Reform: Press Conference on Chiou Ho-shun's Right to Prison Correspondence (Constitutional Interpretation Nos. 755 and 756)
This case originated from a letter sent from inside the detention center by Chiou Ho-shun, a prisoner in a wrongful…
2017
Peaceful Speech Is Not a Crime! Release Li Ming-che Immediately! The Tsai Administration Must Issue a Strong Protest and Defend the Basic Rights of Our Citizens—Statement by the Taiwan-Support Rescuing Li Ming-che Team in Response to the Verdict in the Li Case
Taiwanese human rights worker Li Ming-che has been illegally detained by the Chinese government for 254 days since his…
2017
The Prosecutor-General's Bouncing Ball, the Stumbling Block in the Lo Ming-tsun Case ~ Press Conference on the 49th Application for Extraordinary Appeal in the Lo Ming-ts'un Case
For years, Lo Ming-tsun and his family have continuously cried foul, petitioning the Prosecutor-General to file an…
2017
Seminar | Symposium on Forensic Science, Criminal Evidence, and Wrongful Conviction Relief | 70th Anniversary of the Taichung Bar Association
The Innocent Relief Project originated in 2014, co-initiated by the Taichung Bar Association, the JRF Taichung Office,…
2017
An Agreement in a Parallel Universe ~ Hopes that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Marks the Beginning of the Government's Awakening to Disability Consciousness
Overall, government officials lack human rights literacy and failed to comprehend the committee members' inquiries…
2017
Enforcing Non-Publicity of Investigations to Rescue "Labeled Offenders": Launch Press Conference for the "Non-Publicity of Investigations Project"
Doxxing! Public trials! Witch hunts! Once criminal information under investigation is exposed to the public, the…
2017
Monitoring Implementation and Advancing Reform ~ Press Conference on the Establishment of the "Alliance for Civilian Monitoring and Implementation of the National Szu-Kai Conference Resolutions"
After running for over 10 months, the Presidential Office's National Conference on Judicial Reform concluded following…
2017
The Li Ming-che Case May Have Already Been Secretly Sentenced - Press Conference on the Sentencing in the Li Ming-che Case
Today marks the 197th day of Li Ming-che's enforced disappearance. With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, he remains…
