Tag: Fair Trial Rights
Malaysia: Rome Statute won’t cut Syariah court powers, says ICC lawyer
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Malaysia’s Syariah courts will not see their powers lessen if Putrajaya ratifies international human rights conventions, including the Rome Statute, a lawyer representing the International Criminal Court (ICC) said today in the wake of tensions between Islamic law proponents and civil law activists.
According to...
Singapore arrests man over hacker attack on government websites
Singapore authorities have arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of involvement in a series of high-profile hacker attacks on government websites, and ordered him to be sent for psychiatric assessment.
James Raj was charged on Tuesday with modifying the contents of a website belonging to the town council that manages Prime...
Indonesia: Jakarta courts sentence innocent teenagers for murder, ignoring torture claims
According to Johanes Gea of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta), the case against his clients was split into two criminal proceedings. Four of his clients – AP (13), F (14), FP (16) and BF (16) – had murder allegations against them examined in a juvenile court; whereas...
Thai police pursue Reuters over Rohingya story published by Australian journalist Alan Morison
Thai police are seeking to prosecute the Reuters news agency for defaming the Thai navy in a story published by an Australian journalist in Phuket.
Police were asked to prosecute Australian journalist Alan Morison and one of his colleagues last month over a piece on the navy's treatment of the...
Malaysia: COA upholds High Court verdict on unlawful arrest
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today upheld a High Court decision which found the police liable for the unlawful arrest of five human rights lawyers and an activist who took part in the Human Rights Day Walk in Kuala Lumpur in 2007, and ordered them to pay RM10,000 in...
Malaysia: Government’s appeal over Rights Day 2007 arrests thrown out
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — The Court of Appeal today upheld an earlier decision that the arrests of five lawyers and an activist during a 2007 demonstration for human rights to be unlawful.
The court also dismissed challenges filed by the lawyers over the same matter, and remained silent on...
Vietnam Urged To Improve Dismal Human Rights Record
New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Friday urged all United Nations member-states to press Vietnam to make verifiable commitments to improve its dismal human rights record at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva last February.
The UPR is a process all UN member states undergo every...
INDONESIA: Jakarta court’s conviction on two street singers is a miscarriage of justice
Johanes Gea of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) informed the AHRC that the South Jakarta District Court sentenced Andro Supriyanto and Nurdin Prianto to seven years of imprisonment on 17 January, 2014. A panel of judges – consisting of judges Soehartono, Syamsul Edy and Suwanto – declared...
Stop the Secret Execution of Chandran Paskaran this Friday 7th Feb 2014
Asian Tribune joins with HINDRAF (Hindu Rights Action Force ) and Amnesty International in calling for the immediate stop of the halting the secret execution one Mr Chandran a/l Paskaran that is to take place on 7th February 2014 in Kajang prison.
HINDRAF has called upon the Attorney General’s office...
Indian facing deportation says will not leave Thailand
BANGKOK: A leading Indian businessman, facing deportation from Thailand for participating in anti-government rallies defying the state of emergency, on Sunday said he would not leave the country despite the action taken against him.
Satish Sehgal, former chairman of the India-Thai business forum, denied that he was taking refuge inside...
