Tag: Fair Trial Rights
Cambodia: Dozens Rounded Up Before Tribute
Cambodian holidays and ceremonies should not be "celebrated" with the arbitrary arrests of the country’s most vulnerable people. Those thrown without charge into misnamed "opportunity centers" should be immediately released.
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director
More Than 100 Held Without Charge at Phnom Penh Detention Center
June 24, 2015
(Bangkok) – Cambodian authorities...
House cautious over planned OPM amnesty
Lawmakers want a guaranteed surrender by members the Free Papua Organization (OPM) as a precondition for giving political support to the government’s proposal to pardon political prisoners in Papua.
Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Wed, June 24 2015, 10:20 AM
Lawmakers want a guaranteed surrender by...
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...
Cambodia’s Military Police Suspends Six Officers For ‘Torturing’ Villagers
Cambodia’s National Military Police Department on Friday suspended six officers from neighboring Tbong Khmum and Prey Veng provinces who allegedly shot at and tortured four villagers last month after they tried to avoid paying a fee for driving an overloaded vehicle.
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Malaysia: Scrap Repressive Counterterrorism Bill
The draft counter-terrorism law is like a legal zombie returned from the grave of the discredited and abusive Internal Security Act. By proposing this legislation, the Malaysian government is signalling its willingness to return to Malaysia’s past policies of repression.
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director
Proposed Law Restores Indefinite Detention Without...
Thailand: Army Secretly Detaining 17 Muslim Activists
Arbitrary arrests, secret detention, and unaccountable officials are a recipe for human rights abuses. The use of martial law to detain student activists shows how out of control the Thai military authorities have become.
Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch
Arbitrary Arrests Chill Rights Climate in South
April 3, 2015
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CA orders protection for human rights lawyer
The Court of Appeals has ordered the government to ensure the safety of human rights lawyer and National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers founding member Maria Catherine Dannug-Salucon
March 25, 2015 9:15pm
The Court of Appeals has ordered the government to ensure the safety of human rights lawyer and National Union of...
Thailand: Judicial harassment against Mr. Anon Nampa
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the judicial harassment against Mr. Anon Nampa, a volunteer lawyer with the organization Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR). TLHR was established by a group of lawyers in May 2014 to provide legal assistance to alleged lèse-majesté violators and activists...
Shafee ‘cowardly’ for barring discussion of post-Anwar trial conduct, lawyers say
Lawyers today derided Tan Sri Muhd Shafee Abdullah for seeking a court injunction prohibiting the Malaysian Bar from discussing his allegedly questionable behaviour after the Federal Court convicted Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy.
BY BOO SU-LYN | Saturday March 14, 2015 06:08 PM GMT+8
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Some key things about Malaysia’s proposed Prevention of Terrorism Act
MALAYSIA'S new Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) is expected to be tabled at the current Parliament sitting, in a response to the heightened threat of terrorist activities in the country carried out by those inspired by militant groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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