Press Releases

1067 articles

17Aug.
2003

Evaluation Report on Mr. Ch'en Chung-mo's Unfitness for the Position of Grand Justice and Vice President of the Judicial Yuan

Alliance for Civilian Monitoring of Nominees for Grand Justices (Including the President and Vice President) of the Judicial Yuan

The judicial power has always been the cornerstone of the national constitutional system and social fairness and…

02Jul.
2003

What Issues Were Blazed Out by "Taiwan Tornado"?

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Media Watch Foundation

The Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) and the Taiwan Media Watch Foundation (MWF) jointly held a press conference today…

12Jun.
2003

Zero-Growth Crime Rate—The Emperor's New Clothes

Ma Tsai-ch'in / Spokesperson of Taiwan Association for Police Reform, Working Committee Member of Taiwan Association for Judicial Reform, Attorney-at-Law

Three months ago, Minister Yu made a bold pledge requiring the crime rate to show zero growth over the next three…

05Jun.
2003

Please Do Not Let the Legislative Yuan Become a Stumbling Block to Judicial Reform! Civil Society Groups Call on the Legislative Yuan to Swiftly Pass the Amendments to the Judicial Yuan Organization Act

Taiwan Judges Association, Association for Prosecutor Reform, Taiwan Bar Association, Taipei Bar Association, Civil Alliance for Grand Justices Monitoring, Judicial Reform Foundation

For decades under our current judicial system, litigation cases have dragged on endlessly and the quality of…

29May.
2003

Opposition to the Legislative Yuan Postponing the Exercise of the Consent Power for Grand Justices to the Next Session

Alliance for Civilian Supervision of Judicial Yuan Grand Justices Nominees

Regarding external reports that the Kuomintang and People First Party caucuses are unwilling to complete the review of…

19May.
2003

Civil Society Alliance for Monitoring Nominees for Grand Justices (Including the President and Vice President) of the Judicial Yuan

Yesterday (the 19th), the Office of the President officially announced the list of nominees for the upcoming term of…

18Apr.
2003

Where is Human Rights When Prosecutors, Police, and Investigation Bureaus Torture Suspects to Extract Confessions and Falsify Records? "Audio-Video Recording of Everything is the Only Way to Reveal Everything" Press Conference

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Bar Association, Chinese Police Science Association, Taiwan Association for Police Reform

Only by ensuring that the entire interrogation process is audio and video recorded, and that interrogation records are…

18Apr.
2003

"Full Recording for Full Exposure" Press Conference: Where Are Human Rights When Prosecutors, Police, and Investigation Bureaus Extort Confessions through Torture and Produce False Records?

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Bar Association, Chinese Association of Police Administration, Taiwan Police Reform Association

Only by fully implementing audio and video recording throughout interrogation processes and ensuring detailed, accurate…

07Apr.
2003

Alliance for Civilian Oversight of Judicial Yuan Grand Justices (including President and Vice President) Candidates Visits President Chen Shui-bian

Alliance for Civilian Oversight of Judicial Yuan Grand Justices (including President and Vice President) Candidates

Initiated by six civic organizations—the Taiwan Association for University Rights (Cheng She), Taiwan Law Society,…