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11Jun.
2015

Extended Review is Prerequisite for Rigorous Review - Statement by the Alliance for Monitoring Grand Justice Nominations

Alliance for Monitoring Grand Justice Nominations

Yesterday (June 10) at the Legislative Yuan's public hearing on the personnel review of Grand Justices, a legislator…

11Jun.
2015

285 Minutes for an Eight-Year Grand Justice Term?! Statement by the Civil Alliance for the Monitoring of Grand Justices

Civil Alliance for the Monitoring of Grand Justices

The Legislative Yuan held its personnel review for Grand Justices today (June 11), and the results are disappointing.…

09Jun.
2015

Retired Police Officer: Chiou Ho-shun’s Case Weighs on Our Conscience—International Press Conference on the Motion for Retrial in the Chiou Ho-shun Case

Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Amnesty International Taiwan, Taiwan Association for Innocence, Tsai Jui-yueh Cultural Foundation, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Judicial Reform Foundation

On July 28, 2011, Chiou Ho-shun's death sentence was finalized. The following day, a former detective from the Hsinchu…

08Jun.
2015

Reviewing Them in Two or Three Days—Is That Really Rigorous? ~ Press Conference by the Alliance for Citizen Monitoring of Grand Justices

Taiwan Law Society, Hsueh-she, Taiwan Democracy Watch, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Citizen's Constitutional Action Alliance, Taiwan Association for Innocence, Citizen's Congress Watch, Judicial Reform Foundation

This Wednesday and Thursday (June 10 and June 11), the Legislative Yuan will hold public hearings and review sessions…

04Jun.
2015

Weaponizing the Zero-Day Flaw: The Alchemy of Payment Orders — Press Conference on Reforming the Payment Order System

Judicial Reform Foundation

This group cannot be called a "fraud syndicate" because their method of reaping exorbitant profits by exploiting…

14May.
2015

A Payment Order Injustice That Even Sherlock Holmes, Conan, CSI, or Dr. Henry Lee Could Not Vindicate ~ Press Conference to Rescue Victims of Payment Orders

Legal Aid Club of the National University of Kaohsiung, Judicial Reform Foundation

The Legal Aid Club of the National University of Kaohsiung received a citizen complaint regarding a fraud ring that…

11May.
2015

Mobilizing Public Oversight: Coalition for the Monitoring of Grand Justices Inaugural Press Conference

Taiwan Law Society, Social Legislative Society, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Judicial Reform Foundation

The terms of four Grand Justices—Lin Hsi-yao, Chih Chi-ming, Lee Chen-shan, and Tsai Ching-yu—will expire at the end of…

08May.
2015

Seeking Truth and Reconciliation: A Mother's Plea for Justice in the Tsai Hsueh-liang State Compensation Appeal — Press Conference on the Third-Instance Appeal

Judicial Reform Foundation

At noon on May 9, 2008, Air Force Sergeant Tsai Hsueh-liang called his mother, promising to return home the day after…

15Apr.
2015

Defending Accountability in Military Fatalities: Pro Bono Legal Defense Team Statement on the Partial Victory in the Tsai Hsueh-liang State Compensation Judgment by the Taiwan High Court

Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding the Taiwan High Court's Judgment Today (April 15) Ruling in Partial Favor of the State Compensation Claim in…