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INDIA: Jurist, stop preaching

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Statement : The observations made by the Supreme Court of India in a case concerning disciplinary action against a former Major of the Indian Army contradict the Court's own profile. Dismissing the appeal filed by the Major, who had filed the appeal aggrieved by the Army’s action against him, the court held that discipline is paramount in public office. Read More...

BURMA: Court sentences ailing Phyo Wai Aung to death after patently unjust trial

Phyo Wai Aung

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...

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