Tag: Freedom from Torture
Close Detention Center, Human Rights Watch Says
Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey Vocational Training Center, better known as Prey Speu, has once again come under fire, with officials admitting Thursday that many of the vagrants detained there ahead of former CPP President Chea Sim’s funeral last week have yet to be released.
By Mech Dara | June 26,...
Civil society groups launch campaign to lobby against state-sanctioned torture
Human rights activists and lawyers banded together today to launch a campaign aimed at pressuring the government to sign the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT).
BY MELISSA CHI
Friday June 26, 2015
01:45 PM GMT+8
KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 ― Human rights activists and lawyers banded together today to launch a campaign...
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...
Vietnam Urged to Keep Detention Facilities away from Investigation Agencies
Vietnam should maintain detention facilities independent from the investigation agencies of the Ministry of Public Security to halt arbitrary arrest, degrading treatment and torture, said Mr. Nguyen Van Duong, member of Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 03, 2015
Vietnam should maintain detention facilities independent from...
Vietnam deputies deny expansion of investigative rights to commune-level police
Lawmakers rejected on Tuesday an expansion of investigative rights to more state agencies, including commune-level police and units of the fishery surveillance, tax and stock committees.
Tuoi Tre News | Updated : 06/04/2015 17:01 GMT + 7
At the law-making National Assembly’s discussion session about the draft law on the organization...
Probe torture allegations now, says MP
Ong Kian Ming says it is not the first time that migrant workers have made allegations of torture and abuse by Malaysian authorities.
James Sivalingam | April 14, 2015
PETALING JAYA: DAP’s Ong Kian Ming has called for a thorough investigation into the “veracity” of the reports of abuse, torture and...
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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Thailand: Investigate Alleged Torture in Military Custody
“These serious allegations of torture in military detention are further cause for alarm about ongoing rights abuses under martial law in Thailand. Only a prompt and impartial investigation that results in holding those responsible to account can resolve this matter.” Brad Adams, Asia director
End Secret Detentions Under Martial Law
March...
Thailand: End Secret Military Detention
“Natthida Miwangpa’s arrest and secret detention by the Thai military should set off flashing red lights. Holding a witness to alleged military crimes incommunicado for six days is a profoundly disturbing abuse of authority that has become commonplace under martial law.” - Brad Adams, Asia director
Witness to Army Killings...
