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China touts its legal system as protecting rights

By AP News Thu, Oct 27, 2011 5:06PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese lawmakers on Thursday touted the country’s legal system as the best way to protect the rights of citizens, despite the widespread detention and intimidation of political critics that is fueling a small but growing movement for greater civil liberties. The system reflects rapid social changes since China instituted economic reforms three...

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Ayodhya verdict: India moves on, but only on the surface

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Sat, Oct 01, 2011 1:26PM UTC View Comments

Exactly a year ago India was on the edge of a communal precipice. After 60 years the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court delivered its verdict in the Ayodhya title suit that was to decide a basic question: whose land was it anyway. The judges – in separate judgements – skirted the issue and...

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SKorea: Supreme Court rules no punishment for false statements to police

By Nathan Schwartzman Tue, Aug 02, 2011 12:46PM UTC View Comments

Given the prevalence of false confessions in every legal system, I would say this is a nice burst of common sense, but it seems that someone is being acquitted of deliberately attempting to cover up a crime. The Supreme Court has ruled that there can be no punishment for producing false evidence (증거위조죄) when a...

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Ai Weiwei released on bail

By All The Tea Thu, Jun 23, 2011 6:54AM UTC View Comments

by Robert Sullivan Ai Weiwei was released on bail late Wednesday night after being detained by Chinese authorities for nearly three months. Xinhua first reported the artist’s release in a brief dispatch shortly after 10pm Wednesday: The Beijing police department said Wednesday that Ai Weiwei has been released on bail because of his good attitude...

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Saudi Arabia executes Indonesian worker without notice to govt, family

By Chalid Nasution Sun, Jun 19, 2011 9:21PM UTC View Comments

Ruyati, a worker from Indonesia, was sentenced to death by beheading in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, June 18, 2011. The death penalty was carried out without prior notification to the government of the Republic of Indonesia. Indonesian Minister of Justice and Human Rights Patrialis Akbar said the government will send a letter of protest...

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