Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Minister: Indonesia Putting Executions on Hold to Focus on Economy
The Indonesian government has announced a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in order to focus on improving a sputtering economy.
Jakarta. The Indonesian government has announced a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in order to focus on improving a sputtering economy.
Luhut Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister for...
Vietnam: Widespread ‘National Security’ Arrests
Vietnam is using vague national security laws to stifle dissent and arrest critics, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States and other signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) should press Vietnam to drop proposed legislation that would add even more rights-abusing penalties to its already draconian criminal code.
November...
Pro-democracy student leaders must be released after over 16 years of arbitrary detention
The Lao government must immediately and unconditionally release two former pro-democracy student leaders who have been arbitrarily detained for more than 16 years and disclose the fate or whereabouts of two others, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint FIDH and OMCT program) and the...
Ending darkness through a people’s tribunal of ‘65
Todung Mulya Lubis, The Hague | November 11 2015 | 4:45 PM
Fifty years ago on Sept. 30, in the middle of night, atrocities began. A number of military generals were killed and transported to Lubang Buaya (Crocodile Hole) in East Jakarta where the air force base was located. Allegedly,...
Thailand: Human Trafficking Case Obstructed, Chief Investigator in Hiding
The chief investigator and key witness in a high-profile, mass criminal trial of alleged human traffickers in Thailand has left the country following threats against his life, Fortify Rights said today
Thailand should reopen inquiry into human trafficking of Rohingya and Bangladeshis
(WASHINGTON, D.C., December 9, 2015)— The chief investigator and...
Former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim must be freed
Malaysian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and allow him to receive proper medical attention, FIDH and its member organization Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) said today on the 10-month anniversary of Anwar’s latest imprisonment.
10/12/2015 | Press release | Malaysia
(Paris, Kuala Lumpur) Malaysian authorities must...
Thailand: End Impunity for Enforced Disappearances
The Thai government should immediately act to end enforced disappearances in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha.
January 14, 2016
Acquittal in Somchai Neelapijit Case Should Lead to Law Reform
(New York) – The Thai government should immediately act to end enforced disappearances...
Singapore needs independent human rights commission
Human rights are important because they keep the Government's power over its people in check. In order to fully commit to human rights on a national level, the Government must allow civil society to play an active role in promoting and protecting human rights in Singapore.
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Feb 3, 2016, 8:05...
EDITORIAL – Still on Death Row
Those last-minute appeals to save Mary Jane must not be wasted.
(The Philippine Star) | Updated March 7, 2016 - 12:00am
In 2015, a last-minute appeal and the emergence of potentially new evidence spared overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso from execution in Indonesia for drug trafficking.
It was merely a stay...
[Press Release] Of Rice, Bullets and Injustice A woman detainee narrates her experience in the Kidapawan killings -CTUHR
We saw our uncle hit by bullets, blood spurting all-over his face, but we couldn’t help him
Human Rights Online Philippines / 1 day ago
Of Rice, Bullets and Injustice
A woman detainee narrates her experience in the Kidapawan killings
11 April 2016
“Nakita na ko ang among tiyo na napusil, daghang dugo ang...
