Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Jokowi orders executions
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered the execution of five death-row drug convicts later this month in line with court rulings.
Ina Parlina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Fri, December 05 2014, 8:00 AM
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered the execution of five death-row drug convicts later this...
The Two Men Charged With the Thai Backpacker Murders Face a Dubious Trial
The two Burmese migrant workers accused of killing a pair of British backpackers on an idyllic Thai beach appeared in court to be formality indicted Thursday. But there are growing fears that any trial will be a sham.
Charlie Campbell @charliecamp6ell Dec. 4, 2014
Observers have been left aghast at a...
Police Will Not Reopen Investigation Into Munir Assassination: Sutarman
National Police Chief Gen. Sutarman said on Wednesday that the police would not reopen the investigation of the 2004 assassination of Munir Said Thalib — disappointing supporters of the slain human rights activist, who will view the announcement as a setback in their campaign for a judicial review.
By Farouk...
Indonesian Province of Atjeh Enacts Intrusive Islamic Law
The Indonesian province of Atjeh has implemented a strict rule of the Sharia law, triggering controversy over possible human right violations.
The Indonesian province of Atjeh has implemented a strict rule of the Sharia law, triggering controversy over possible human right violations.
MOSCOW, December 3 (Sputnik) — Authorities in the Indonesian...
Vietnam court halts execution of murder convict amid allegation of miscarriage of justice
In a last-minute decision, a court in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on Thursday halted the lethal injection of a 29-year-old man for a grisly murder of two local women after his dogged mother has relentlessly appealed to high places.
By Hoang Phuong, Thanh Nien News
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Indonesia: Stop imminent execution of five people
The Indonesian government’s apparent plans to execute five people by the end of the year must be halted immediately, Amnesty International said today. The organization urged the government to impose a moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty with a view to its eventual abolition.
5 December 2014
The Indonesian...
Cambodia: Death Highlights Detention Center Abuses
Cambodian authorities need to admit that it’s impossible to transform Prey Speu and similar centers into institutions that respect human rights. The latest death at Prey Speu should be the last straw for donors, UN agencies, and embassies, who should together demand Prey Speu be shuttered, and commit to...
The Zone: From horror to health
This is a story about people from one of the wealthiest and most stable nations saving and then enriching the lives of people in one of the poorest and most corrupt nations
Bronwyn Stephens of aid and development organisation World of Difference
Leading Australian volunteers to save lives and...
Cambodia’s culture of impunity: What price for a life?
More widely, a list of impunity cases should also include garment factory protesters killed by the security forces earlier this year, victims of a grenade attack on an opposition party rally in 1997, widespread land grabbing from the poor, and victims of hit-and-runs involving the rich and connected.
7 December...
The European Union will provide up to EUR 60 million in grants to Laos in 2014-2015
The European Union (EU) has announced it has allocated up to EUR 60 million (KIP 60 billion, USD 75 million) to Laos under its bilateral cooperation programme over the period 2014-2015 to improve basic education and food and nutrition security and strengthen good governance as well as the rule...
