Tag: Freedom from Torture
Koh Tao Suspects Innocent: Govt Investigation Team
A team formed by the Burmese government to investigate the Koh Tao case has announced that it is confident the two Burmese nationals accused of the double murder are innocent of the crime.
By YEN SNAING / THE IRRAWADDY| Thursday, December 18, 2014 |
RANGOON — A team formed by the...
Myanmar’s lingering torture problem
Wrapped in a dressing gown, Brang Shawng casts his eyes at the floor as he recounts his arrest and incarceration in June 2012.
John Zaw and Simon Lewis, Myitkyina township
Myanmar
January 8, 2015
Wrapped in a dressing gown, Brang Shawng casts his eyes at the floor as he recounts his arrest and...
Victims’ families ‘need say in torture probe panel’
A human rights defender has called for stronger representation of damaged parties in a national committee to be set up to suppress torture and enforced disappearances.
Published: 9/01/2015 at 07:13 AM
A human rights defender has called for stronger representation of damaged parties in a national committee to be set up...
Jailers deny muzzling fasting political detainees
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has denied a human rights group’s accusation that it was trying to “mute the voices” of political detainees who were on a hunger strike during Pope Francis’ visit, saying the imposition of conditions on people who want to visit them was...
Reinvestigation of the Kidnapping Case Against Two Dumagats Detained at Tanay PNP Rizal Ordered
Pursuant to her power to act directly on any matter involving a probable miscarriage of justice within the jurisdiction of prosecutors, and to review the final judgments and orders of prosecutors, a Review Resolution was issued by the Secretary of Justice in connection with the case of two Dumagats...
Penang deadliest for detainees, human rights groups say
Penang recorded the highest number of custodial deaths in Malaysia last year and has already registered its first case for 2015, human rights groups Suaram and Aliran said today.
The Malay Mail OnlineThe Malay Mail Online – 7 hours ago
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 22 — Penang recorded the highest number of...
Cambodia: Commander Admits Partisan Use of Force
"Gen. Sao Sokha’s open hostility to the political opposition is made all the more disturbing by his ‘lessons learned’ from Adolf Hitler. It is people like Sao Sokha, with a long record of human rights abuses, that Prime Minister Hun Sen has relied upon to maintain his abusive rule...
Coroner rules police, other inmates to blame for detainee’s death
A coroner today ruled that policemen and inmates were responsible for the death of an unemployed man while he was detained at the Tampin district police headquarters in Negri Sembilan two years ago.
BY V.ANBALAGAN, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Published: 28 January 2015 4:40 PM
Coroner Datuk Jagjit Singh said the cause of...
Rights group alleges torture, killings of civilians by Burmese army in Kokang
Two recent reports by the NGO Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) appear to confirm earlier reports that the Burmese army has indiscriminately killed civilians and committed human rights abuses during recent fighting in the Kokang area of northern Burma (Myanmar).
By Mark Inkey Mar 10, 2015 12:40PM UTC
Two recent reports...
Singapore: Court of Appeal judgment upholding caning flouts international law prohibiting ill-treatment
The ICJ today expressed its dismay that the Singapore Court of Appeal, in a judgment issued on 4 March 2015 declined to declare caning, a painful form of corporal punishment, to be unlawful.
6 March 2015
The ICJ today expressed its dismay that the Singapore Court of Appeal, in a judgment...
