Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
IGP denies errant cops protected by ‘blue wall of silence’
The claim that the police force erects a “blue wall of silence” to shield its officers who had abused their powers is “preposterous”, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said today. - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/igp-denies-errant-cops-protected-by-blue-wall-of-silence#sthash.HjsCFhj2.dpuf
Thursday June 4, 2015 | 11:42 PM GMT+8
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 —...
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...
NDFP chief negotiator faces ‘trumped-up charges,’ another consultant arrested
“The Aquino regime has emerged as the worst violator of the Jasig by harassing Jalandoni with an invalid and improperly served subpoena and threatening to arrest and imprison him on trumped up charges of non-bailable common crimes.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – The chairperson of the National Democratic Front of...
OPINION: New deal vital for refugees
LAST week officials from Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Cambodia, Laos, the US, Vietnam and other countries and organisations met in Bangkok to discuss a regional crisis. Thousands of people were drifting in desperate circumstances after being stranded on boats in the Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea and Strait...
Advocates advance Bali Nine clemency case
A case in Indonesia's constitutional court, inspired by the fate of two executed Australians, has the backing of local rights advocates..
Source: AAP
4 Jun 2015 - 1:33 AM UPDATED 4 Jun 2015 - 6:16 AM
Indonesia's constitutional court is now considering a challenge inspired by the predicament of executed Australians Myuran...
UN urges prison reform in the Philippines
A United Nations body called on the Philippines Wednesday to immediately address prison overcrowding and improve independent monitoring of detention facilities.
Joe Torres, Manila
Philippines
June 3, 2015
A United Nations body called on the Philippines Wednesday to immediately address prison overcrowding and improve independent monitoring of detention facilities.
The UN Sub-Committee on the...
Myanmar: UN Human rights experts worry about racial and religious discriminatory bills
Some United Nations human rights experts expressed their concern yesterday regarding the application of the Population Control Healthcare Bill in Myanmar, which is part of a four-bill package aiming to ‘protect race and religion’. They estimated that these bills could be considered as discriminatory against ethnic and religious minorities,...
Nobel laureates’ call to end ‘genocide’ unbalanced: Myanmar
The Nobel laureates, including South Africa’s Desmond Tutu, Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi and former East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta, made the appeal following two conferences in Oslo last week. They called the situation “nothing less than genocide”.
Published: 4:16 AM, June 1, 2015
YANGON — Myanmar has rejected remarks...
In Myanmar, Muslims Arrested for Joining Terror Group That Doesn’t Exist
The government of Myanmar, cracking down on the country’s minority Muslims, has arrested at least a dozen people on charges of belonging to a terrorist group that defense lawyers and security experts say does not exist.
By Carlos Sardiña Galache and Veronica Pedrosa | 05/25/2015
The government of Myanmar, cracking down...
