Tag: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
14 Thai Students Face Seven Years in Jail for Anti-Junta Rally
Fourteen Thai students were taken into custody Saturday after staging an anti-coup rally on charges that could see them jailed for seven years, as the ruling junta tightens its chokehold on dissent.
Sunday, 28 June 2015; News by AFP/Preeti JHA
BANGKOK (AFP) – Fourteen Thai students were taken into custody Saturday...
Myanmar court closes case of slain journalist without resolution
The wife of slain Myanmar journalist Aung Kyaw Naing, who was killed in military custody, has pledged to continue her fight for justice after his case was closed Tuesday without a resolution.
John Zaw, Mandalay, Myanmar June 24, 2015
The wife of slain Myanmar journalist Aung Kyaw Naing, who was killed...
Rights group raps CIDG for ‘harassing’ detainee, kin
By: Jaime Sinapit, InterAksyon.com
June 24, 2015 11:05 AM
InterAksyon.com
The online news portal of TV5
MANILA, Philippines -- A human rights organization slammed the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of harassing a political prisoner and his family.
Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan, said the CIDG had violated the rights of Isidro...
Vietnam Supreme Court to Compensate $330,000 for Wrongfully Imprisoned Man
Mr. Binh did not clarify the source of the money for compensation as well as the responsibilities of police officers and court officials. According to the Vietnamese law, state officials have to pay for the losses caused by their irresponsibility.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | June 8, 2015
Vietnam’s Supreme People’s...
Jailed Vietnamese Activist on Hunger Strike to Protest Treatment in Prison
A prominent online activist jailed in Vietnam for “anti-government propaganda” has mounted a hunger strike for at least three weeks to protest what she says is the mistreatment of political prisoners by authorities in her detention center, her sister said Monday.
2015-06-08
A prominent online activist jailed in Vietnam for “anti-government...
NDFP chief negotiator faces ‘trumped-up charges,’ another consultant arrested
“The Aquino regime has emerged as the worst violator of the Jasig by harassing Jalandoni with an invalid and improperly served subpoena and threatening to arrest and imprison him on trumped up charges of non-bailable common crimes.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – The chairperson of the National Democratic Front of...
In Myanmar, Muslims Arrested for Joining Terror Group That Doesn’t Exist
The government of Myanmar, cracking down on the country’s minority Muslims, has arrested at least a dozen people on charges of belonging to a terrorist group that defense lawyers and security experts say does not exist.
By Carlos Sardiña Galache and Veronica Pedrosa | 05/25/2015
The government of Myanmar, cracking down...
Pakatan Rakyat let the rakyat down over POTA
Why were 26 PR lawmakers absent from the debate and vote of POTA?
April 7, 2015
By Amirul Ruslan
In a move that will have a monumental impact on the country, Parliament passed the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) without any amendments. The vote was not even close: 79 for, 60 against.
Few...
Open letter to Malaysia on anti-terror bill – International Commission of Jurists
The ICJ writes to you today to relay our concerns regarding the newly tabled draft Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) and to urge you and other Members of Parliament to reject this draft law or to amend it to ensure its consistency with international human rights law.
Published: 6 April...
Nurul Izzah wants Opposition’s say on Pota
The Rule of Law must prevail and the Federal Constitution must be honoured, respected and upheld
Joe Fernandez | April 6, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR: Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar has urged Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to immediately table the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota), and six other proposed legislation...
