Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Human rights chair has ‘deep concerns’ about police abuses in Indonesia’s Papua province
The chair of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights has blamed police abuses in Papua province on the failure of the force to "adapt" to a democratic Indonesia.
Updated Thu at 12:58pmThu 18 Dec 2014, 12:58pm
The chair of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights has blamed police abuses...
International law in Malaysia: ignorance or amnesia? – Shaun
To begin with, let us agree that Malaysia is a sovereign state and has a fully functional legislature, executive and judiciary. But would this imply that the government of a sovereign state such as Malaysia owns the authority to do anything it desires to its citizens? More accurately, is...
Time to speak up for Australians on Indonesia’s death row
In Indonesia, two Australian men stand to be shot to death by firing squad. They are among as many as 64 convicted drug smugglers in the country facing execution and new president Joko Widodo has pledged never to grant a pardon. Australians should be appalled.
January 6, 2015 - 12:15AM...
Monitors urge Indonesia censors to lift ban on massacre film
Rights groups are urging the Indonesian government's film censors to lift a ban on the controversial documentary The Look of Silence, which tells the story of massacres carried out during a communist purge in the 1960s.
Government says 'The Look of Silence' is divisive, promotes Communism
Ryan Dagur and Katharina R....
A Death Sentence for Trafficking 15 Grams of Heroin? Singapore Groups Say No More.
In 2011, Singapore placed a moratorium on mandatory death penalties for heroin traffickers, but it resumed executions last year. Human rights groups have urged Singapore to reconsider its decision and join the majority of the world in abolishing capital punishment.
Second Chances cites a 2009 study comparing homicide rates in...
Action Plan being ‘reviewed’: government
The Rakhine State government is considering amending a controversial plan drafted in response to outbreaks of communal conflict based on feedback from international NGOs and UN agencies, says Chief Minister U Maung Maung Ohn.
By Lun Min Mang | Friday, 09 January 2015
He said the introduction of the plan has...
NGO claims army murdered villager in Shan State
The Shan Human Rights Foundation claims the Myanmar army shot dead a mentally-ill man in front of his parents at their home in eastern Shan State last month, then forced villagers to join a public demonstration against insurgency.
8 January 2015 | Written by Mizzima | Published in Myanmar
The Shan...
Cambodia Khmer Rouge tribunal restarts genocide hearings
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Thursday restarted genocide hearings against the former Khmer Rouge regime's surviving leaders.
Thursday 8 January 2015 at 3:22 PM ET
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Thursday restarted genocide hearings against the former Khmer...
Rights groups call for ailing, elderly political prisoners’ release during papal visit
Human rights organizations urged the government on Tuesday to include elderly and ailing political prisoners among those being contemplated for release during the visit of Pope Francis.
By: InterAksyon.com
January 13, 2015 12:11 PM
MANILA, Philippines -- Human rights organizations urged the government on Tuesday to include elderly and ailing political prisoners...
Two police to hang for murder in Malaysian corruption scandal
Malaysia's highest court on Tuesday upheld death sentences for two police officers convicted of murder in a sensational scandal linked to allegations of high-level corruption that shook the long-ruling regime.
By Afp
Published: 06:08 GMT, 13 January 2015 | Updated: 06:09 GMT, 13 January 2015
Malaysia's highest court on Tuesday upheld death...
