Press Releases
2014
Why Do Evidences Lie? Reforming Forensic Appraisal Systems and Holding Negligent Personnel Accountable — Press Conference on Criminal Forensic System Reform
In 2004, an erroneous fingerprint identification by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the Madrid…
2014
Keelung District Court Holds First Retrial to Vindicate Septuagenarian Woman--Press Conference on the First Retrial Hearing of Mei Fu-an's Case
The Foundation believes that Ms. Mei Fu-an was convicted of embezzlement simply because, after being driven out of her…
2014
Scammed and Wronged: Who Understands the Heartbreak? Press Conference on Wrongful Convictions in Stolen-Account Cases
Fraud cases are rampant, causing the public to lose their hard-earned money in vain. However, victims of fraud are not…
2014
Torture Echoing Through Dancers' Bodies: Academia and the Arts Community Jointly Call on the Prosecutor-General to File an Extraordinary Appeal – Press Conference on the Extraordinary Appeal in the Chiou Ho-shun Case
Between 1949 and 1987, Taiwan was under martial law. The judiciary under the authoritarian regime was not an…
2014
The Mei Fu-An Case: The "Minor" and the "Massive" in the Judicial System
As a Taiwanese citizen with a national ID card, it is likely hard to imagine how precarious survival can be for someone…
2014
Should the Taipei District Prosecutors Office Be Abolished Instead? ~ Indict Ch'en Chao-min! Seek Compensation for Wrongful Execution!
Calls to abolish the Control Yuan have been mounting recently. However, yesterday (July 10), Control Yuan members…
2014
June 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: 54 Legal Scholars Petition for Judicial Review of the Final Judgment in the Chiou Ho-shun Case – Press Conference on Requesting Judicial Yuan Review of Final Judgment Documents in the Chiou Ho-shun Case
On June 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture last year, civil society groups held the "Seeing Torture…
2014
Police Make Arbitrary Arrests, Prosecutors Cover for Them, and the Court Overrules Them! ~ Press Conference Denouncing Abuse of State Power
Since the March 18 occupation of the Legislative Yuan, police have repeatedly abused their power by arresting…
2014
The Ministry of National Defense's Litigation Scorecard? Indict Ch'en Chao-min! Seek Compensation for the Wrongful Execution! ~ Press Release and Post-Judgment Statement
Although Chiang Kuo-ch'ing has been cleared, he has yet to be truly vindicated. We demand that the state courageously…
