Press Releases

1063 articles
18Dec.
2015

A Half-Open Door Letting in No Sunlight: Judicial Reform and Human Rights Organizations' Earnest Expectations of the Supreme Court

Taipei Bar Association, Covenants Watch, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Innocence Project

The "Taiwan Death Penalty Report" published by civil society organizations in 2010 publicly called on the Supreme Court…

10Dec.
2015

Ch'en Chao-min Never Interfered with the Trial! Prosecutor-General Tsai, Do You Really Believe This? ~ Press Conference on the Third Motion for Re-appeal in the Chiang Kuo-ching Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

This marks the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office's third non-prosecution disposition for Ch'en Chao-min and others,…

10Dec.
2015

Statement by the 318 Anti-Black Box Service Trade Agreement Pro Bono Lawyer Platform on the Taipei City Government's Rejection of State Compensation Claims over March 24 State Violence

318 Anti-Black Box Service Trade Agreement Pro Bono Lawyer Platform

Despite the Taipei District Court's final judgment, the Taipei City Police Department recently sent identical letters…

23Nov.
2015

Making the "Judicial Sunshine Website" Better: Addressing Concerns and Criticisms from Various Sectors Regarding the JRF's "Judicial Sunshine Net"

Judicial Reform Foundation

Our foundation believes that the "Judicial Sunshine Website" is highly pertinent to the public interest, and it is…

17Nov.
2015

Regaining Public Trust, the Judiciary Needs Sunlight – Launch Press Conference of the Judicial Sunshine Website

Judicial Reform Foundation

After months of hard work, the Judicial Reform Foundation collected information on judges and prosecutors from public…

10Nov.
2015

Unveiling the Top 10 Derogatory Courtroom Remarks of the Year: 2015 Court Observation Report Press Conference

Judicial Reform Foundation

Since the Judicial Reform Foundation first published its court observation report in 1995, the quality of courtroom…

14Oct.
2015

Severing the Chains of Judicial Interference: Calling for the Accountability of Unfit Grand Justice and Disqualified Judicial Yuan Vice President Su Yeong-chin — Press Conference on Referral for Case Evaluation

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Society

Recently, the Grand Justices rendered Interpretation No. 732, declaring that the provisions in the Mass Rapid Transit…

08Oct.
2015

Who is Protecting Ch'en Chao-min?~Press Conference Requesting "Chief Prosecutor Tsai Pi-yu to Personally Handle the Chiang Kuo-ching Case"

Judicial Reform Foundation

October 10 of this year marks what would have been Chiang Kuo-ching's 40th birthday. Yet, infuriatingly, even though…

05Oct.
2015

Defending Forensic Professionalism: No Turning Back on Reform — Press Conference Opposing Partial Amendments to the Forensic Pathologist Act

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Association for Innocence

This press conference opposes the Ministry of Justice's proposed amendments to the Forensic Pathologist Act, which…