Deaths in custody: Public forum 7 April; legal training workshop 8 April

A public forum discussing police accountability and what it is, related to the rules of law in our country will be held this Saturday, 7 April in Penang, followed by a legal training workshop the next day.

Forum – Rule of Law: Police Accountability and The Way Forward

This forum, co-organised by Edict, Suaram, Aliran and the Penang State Task Force on Deaths in Custody, will be officiated by Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy.

Date: Saturday, 7 April 2018
Time: 7.00pm to 10pm
Venue: Penang Institute, 10 Jalan Brown, 10200 Penang

Speakers:
Dr Prema Devaraj (Aliran)
M Visvanathan (Edict)
Khalid Ismath (PSM)

Moderator: Yohendra (Edict)

Register here for the forum

Legal training for lawyers and non-lawyers

The objective of this event is to provide training to lawyers and civil society groups on the procedures of handling death-in-custody cases, from the beginning of the post-mortem procedure until the end of court case.

Date: Sunday, 8 April 2018
Time: 9am to 4.30pm
Venue: Aliran office, 103 Medan Penaga, 11600 Jelutong, Penang

Register here for the training workshop

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