Tag: Fair Trial Rights
INDONESIA: Bukittinggi Court’s ruling on torture compensation claim is exceptional
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Padang Legal Aid Institute (LBH Padang) regarding Bukittinggi District Court’s judgment on the case of Alamsyahfudin v. Chief of Bukittinggi Sub-District Police, No. 07/PDT.G/2013.PN.BT. The case was regarding a compensation claim filed by the family of Erik Alamsyah, a...
Lese majeste defendant freed
The Supreme Court has reversed the Appeal Court’s two-year-and-eight-month sentence against a lese majeste defendant, upholding the ruling of the Criminal Court that the offender suffered from schizophrenia.
Though the verdict means 73-year-old Bandhit Aniya, the defendant who is out on bail, is now a free man, human rights activists...
Vietnam: Quash Conviction of Le Quoc Quan
(New York) – The Hanoi Appeal Court on February 18, 2014, should strike down the political conviction of human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan on trumped up charges of tax evasion, Human Rights Watch said today.
“People in Vietnam and around the world are scrutinizing Vietnam’s human rights record like...
Viet Nam: ICJ condemns Le Quoc Quan decision, calls for release
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemned the decision by the Court of Appeal of the Supreme People’s Court in Hanoi today to uphold the conviction and sentencing of lawyer and human rights defender Le Quoc Quan to 30 months imprisonment, and called on Viet Nam authorities to release...
Viet Nam: Arbitrary detention and ongoing judicial harassment of human rights lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan
The Observatory has been informed by the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) about the arbitrary detention and ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Le Quoc Quan, a human rights lawyer and blogger.
According to the information received, on February 18, 2014, the Hanoi Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of...
UN envoy remains ‘convinced’ of Maungdaw killings
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, says he remains convinced that serious violent incidents took place last month in the village of Duchira Dan, including lootings, rapes and the loss of Rohingya lives, as well as the disappearance of a local police...
INDONESIA: Police defy court order to pay compensation to shooting victim
According to the PBHI, Iwan (28) was shot on 20 January 2006. On that afternoon, Iwan and his friend were cooking in a hut when law enforcement agent Novrizal, who was in civilian clothes, came and asked both Iwan and his friend to come out of the hut. Novrizal...
Malaysia: Court must dismiss politically-motivated case against Anwar Ibrahim
Kuala Lumpur, Paris, 5 March, 2014 – Malaysia’s Court of Appeals must dismiss the politically-motivated case against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, FIDH and its member organization Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) said today. The next appeal hearing will be held on 6-7 March in Putrajaya.
“This trial is clearly politically motivated...
Vietnam: Free the over 200 imprisoned dissidents
Paris, 6 March 2014: Vietnam must immediately and unconditionally release the over 200 political prisoners who are languishing in jails across the country, FIDH and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), said today. In connection with this demand, FIDH and VCHR jointly published the profiles...
Malaysia: Quash Unjust Conviction of Prominent Lawyer
(Bangkok) – The Malaysian opposition leader Karpal Singh faces up to three years in prison for a politically motivated sedition conviction that should be quashed, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 11, 2014, the Malaysian High Court will convene in Kuala Lumpur to determine the sentence for Karpal,...
