BURMA: Court sentences ailing Phyo Wai Aung to death after patently unjust trial
Phyo Wai Aung
Urgent Appeal Update : We regret to inform you that a judge in a closed courtroom at the central prison in Burma on May 8 sentenced Phyo Wai Aung, the accused in a bombing case arising from April 2010 to death after a patently unjust trial. As the judge was evidently following orders from other parts of government, please join with us to call for interventions first to have the death sentence quashed and second to secure the release of the accused. Read More...
INDIA: Judge, judge thyself
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Statement : The attempt by the Supreme Court of India to draw-up operative principles for the media outlining the contours of Article 19 (1) (a) of the constitution is an exercise that the Court should not venture into. In fact, the Court does not have a constitutional mandate to do so. It is within the realm of the country's parliament. Read More...
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