The amendment of the code of court Martial Producedure is too early .

military law

military law,  system of rules established for the government of persons in the armed forces. In most countries the legislature establishes the code of military law. It is distinguished from both martial law (rule by domestic military forces over an area) and military government (rule by the military over occupied foreign territory). The scope of military law differs somewhat in peace and in war. In time of peace it is generally limited to military offenses—e.g., absence without leave, desertion, breach of orders; during war it usually extends to crimes of a civil nature as well, and the penalties may be more severe.

The Uniform Code of Military Justice

Regular systems of military law existed in ancient Rome, with severe penalties for such offenses as desertion. In the Middle Ages procedures were less regularized, but written codes began to appear. The origin of much military law is found in the codes and statutes enacted in England in the 17th cent. These were substantially adopted in the United States.
It was widely felt after World War II that many abuses had occurred in the administration of American military justice and that excessively severe sentences had been imposed, especially on the enlisted ranks. The armed forces responded by establishing civilian review boards, which recommended reduction of the punishment inflicted on a large percentage of those convicted (some 100,000) by general court-martial during the war. In 1951, Congress extensively revised the codes of military law enacting a uniform code of military justice for all branches of the armed services. This code placed operations more in the hands of professional lawyers and ensured fairer review procedures.
An important change permitted an enlisted person tried by a general court-martial to demand that one third of the court be composed of enlisted personnel. The uniform code defines the offenses for which a person under the jurisdiction of the armed forces may be subjected to court-martial. In addition to allowing punishments by the commanding officer, including confinement not to exceed one week, the code establishes three levels of court-martial. The summary court-martial consists of a single officer, and may impose a maximum penalty of imprisonment for one month. The special court-martial consists of at least three officers and may impose a prison sentence of up to six months. The general court-martial is composed of five members and one law officer who must be a trained lawyer admitted to practice before a state's highest court. The general court-martial may impose any authorized sentence including dishonorable discharge or death.
One of the principal differences between the procedure in court-martial and in criminal cases in civil courts is the absence of a jury. Cases are decided by a vote of two thirds or three fourths of the court, depending on the severity of the offense. For the death penalty, the vote must be unanimous. The accused is permitted to have counsel, to compel the attendance of witnesses, and to enjoy the usual protections of the law of evidence.

     THE   RESULT  OF  THE   AMENDMENT  
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As a result of the amendment to be enacted on Aug. 15, the case of Army Corporal Hung Chung-chiu (洪仲丘) will be transferred to the district court. As for the other court-martial cases, cases at the trial stage will transferred to local courts, and cases in the investigatory stage will be taken over by the Prosecutors Office, and the court-martial inmates will be transferred to judicial prisons, the vice director of the Court Martial Division in the Ministry of National Defense Chen Shi-wei said. The overhaul has been attained through cooperation among the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Justice and the Agency of Corrections of the Ministry of Justice. Appeals Board As a response to Hung's death and the ensuing public demands, the Cabinet set up the Miscarriage of Justice in Military Appeals Board. The board members, who have since been ratified by Premier Jiang Yi Hua, will investigate suspected cases of tainted justice within the military, some of which date back up to 20 years. The 15-member Appeals Board consists of four members from social justice and human rights groups, three lawyers recommended by the Taiwan Bar Associations, four scholars and four government representatives. The board will inquire into the cases of soldiers that died or went messing while in military service and whose families are not willing to accept the results of previous military inquiries.

Army commander's resignation rejected
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         The   Taiwan   Paliament   has   become   to   intersect   the   the   executive   process   of   Hung's   case  without  waiting  the   result   of   the   investigation   according  to   the   existence   regulation   of   Military   Laws  .  The   taiwan  Paliament  had   forgotten  the   basic  difference   between   the  Civil   Law   and  the   Criminal   Law   , and   The  Military  Laws     which   are   different   from   other   Laws  . 
      Hello!  Mr,  President  of  the   ROC  ,  Would   you   think   about   Hung's   Case    Movement    or   Activity  which   is   over-active   to   threaten  the   Army   Spirit   or  Morale  ?     
                                            
     Mr.   President   ,  you   should   find   out   the   Military   Justice  ,   as  a   commander   in   chief  of   the   ROC  government  whithin   the  scope   of   Military   Laws  .   What    is   the   Citizen   1985   group  ? 
            Is   it   a   legal   organisation  or   an   undergroung   organisation   or   a    Sub-branch  of   Taiwan  Independence  ,youth   organisation   ?  According   to  their   activity  counduct    and     scenario   ,they    are  looking   forward   to   become   a   political   party  .  which   is  a   good   event   for   the   history   of   Taiwan  .  God  bless   with  them  ! 

Barack Obama pledges greater Surveilance Transparency .

            Is   NSA   Leaker   Edward  Snowden   a  Traitor   or   Whistleblower    ? 
           He  neither   a   Traitor   nor   an   Espionage   but   a   Whistleblower  .After  ,  Russia   had  legally  given   Asylum   to   Snowden  ,  he   has   become   a  VIP    for   the  US .  Which  may   be   weakened  in   spying   Terrorists '  movement  ,   according   to   close  19  , diplomatic   posts   or   Embassies  and   Consulates   in    Middle-East  and   North   Africa  and   issued   a   world-wide   travel   alert. 
          The   President   Obama    has   been   tamed   by   Snowden   ,  but   he   did  not   Apologise   to   the   American   People   and   International   Community   . 
         I    don't   know    the   controversial   of   the   US    Spy   Leaks    whether   may   be   continous  or   not  . 
         God   bless   with   you  ! 

President Barack Obama has promised "appropriate reforms" to guarantee greater oversight of controversial US surveillance programmes.

At a White House news conference, he proposed "safeguards against abuse", including amending legislation on the collection of telephone data.
Mr Obama also urged appointing a lawyer to challenge the government at the nation's secretive surveillance court.
He has been defending the programmes since they were leaked in June.
Snowden 'no patriot'
Mr Obama said on Friday that the US "can and must be more transparent" about its snooping on phone and internet data.
"Given the history of abuse by governments, it's right to ask questions about surveillance, particularly as technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives," he told reporters.
"It's not enough for me as president to have confidence in these programmes," Mr Obama added. "The American people need to have confidence as well."
The president unveiled four proposals aimed at reassuring the public:

• Reform Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which governs the programme that collects telephone records
• Declassify the legal rationale for the government's phone-data collection, and said the National Security Agency would put in place a "civil liberties and privacy officer"
• Appoint a lawyer to argue against the government at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which is accused of essentially rubber-stamping official requests to scour electronic records
• Form a group of external experts to review all US government intelligence and communications technologies

In response to a question about Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked details of the surveillance programmes to media, Mr Obama said: "No, I don't think Mr Snowden was a patriot."

Obama : "No,  Mr.   Snowden   was   a   patriot "
                                                                                                                    
  
                                                                          
                                                                         

Whistleblower Prize 2013, For Edward Snowden .( T I . GERMANY )

                 NO   COMMENT  . IT'S    ENOUGH   .

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Posted 25 July 2013 by Transparency International Germany

Translations: DE  

This year's Whistleblower Prize goes to the American Edward J. Snowden. As an insider, he exposed the large-scale surveillance and storage of communications data without given suspicions by Western secret services. The Whistleblower Prize is awarded to people who reveal major grievances and dangerous developments for individuals and society, for peace and the environment in the public interest.
The Whistleblower Prize has been awarded bi-annually by the German chapter of International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) and the Federation of German Scientists (FGS, the German Pugwash group) since 1999. The prize money is 3000 Euros. Previous winners include, among others, Rainer Moormann (2011: Risks of pebble bed reactors), Rudolf Schmenger / Frank Wehrheim (2009: tax inspectors in Frankfurt) and Brigitte Heinisch (2007: Berlin geriatric nurse). This year, for the first time, the anti-corruption organisation Transparency International Germany is involved in the Whistleblower Prize.
In the view of the jury, the revelations of Edward J. Snowden leave no choice but to thoroughly check the facts and the state of the evidence. On this basis, the actions and processes of domestic and foreign intelligence services revealed by Snowden need to be examined to see whether they have breached the governing law, and if so, in what form. Based on current information, in Germany, Article 10 of the Basic Law [1] as well as the G10-law (regulating compliance of intelligence services with Article 10) have been violated. By publicising the information despite knowing of the prosecution of whistleblowers in the security industry, Edward Snowden accepted major disadvantages for himself.
Hartmut Grassl of the Federation of German Scientists stated: “an open society needs civil courage and courageous people like Edward Snowden in order to uncover and stop abuses.”
Otto Jaeckel, head of IALANA’s German section, said: "Who could be more suitable to grant a safe residence to a US citizen being persecuted than a country which has been spied upon by NSA as heavily as Germany! But also the EU as a whole has to act. Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing did a great service to Germany and other EU member states. Therefore, we should compete to take him in: out of conviction, but also out of gratitude.”
Edda Müller, Chair of Transparency Germany stated: “We owe Edward Snowden that his courageous actions have consequences. International treaties limiting the sovereignty of Germany must be changed. Great Britain, as a member state of the European Union, must explain very clearly in Brussels its position on the basic rights of EU citizens. Moreover, Germany needs to ensure adequate protection of whistleblowers through appropriate legal regulations.”

[1] Article 10 (Privacy of letters, posts, and telecommunications; amended 24 June 1968): (1)Privacy of letters, posts, and telecommunications shall be inviolable. (2) Restrictions may only be ordered pursuant to a statute. Where a restriction serves to protect the free democratic basic order or the existence or security of the Federation, the statute may stipulate that the person affected shall not be informed of such restriction and that recourse to the courts shall be replaced by a review of the case by bodies and auxiliary bodies appointed by Parliament. (www.constitution.org/cons/germany.txt)

The Fascism and The Yalta Conference for Japan's Aso to know or understand clearly ! .

Japan's Aso refuses to resign over Nazi comment


The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. The conference convened in the Livadia Palace near Yalta, in the Crimea.
The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. Within a few years, with the Cold War dividing the continent, Yalta became a subject of intense controversy. To some extent, it has remained controversial.
Yalta was the second of three wartime conferences among the Big Three (Britain, United States, and Soviet Union) which were respectively represented by Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. It had been preceded by the Tehran Conference in 1943, and was followed by the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, which was attended by Stalin, Churchill (who was replaced midpoint by the newly elected British Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and Harry S Truman, who had replaced the late President Roosevelt

Fascism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism^[1][2] that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. Fascists seek to unify their nation through a totalitarian state that promotes the mass mobilization of the national community,^[3][4] relying on a vanguard party to initiate a revolution to organize the nation on fascist principles.^[5] Hostile to liberal democracy, socialism, and communism, fascist movements share certain common features, including the veneration of the state, a devotion to a strong leader, and an emphasis on ultranationalism and militarism. Fascism views political violence, war, and imperialism as a means to achieve national rejuvenation^[3][6][7][8] and asserts that stronger nations have the right to obtain land and resources by displacing weaker nations.^[9]
Fascist ideology consistently invokes the primacy of the state. Leaders such as Benito Mussolini in Italy and Adolf Hitler in Germany embodied the state and claimed indisputable power. Fascism borrowed theories and terminology from socialism but applied them to what it saw as the more significant conflict between nations and races rather than to class conflict, and focused on ending the divisions between classes within the nation.^[10] It advocates a mixed economy, with the principal goal of achieving autarky to secure national self-sufficiency and independence through protectionist and interventionist economic policies.^[11] Fascism supports what is sometimes called a Third Position between capitalism and Marxist socialism.^[12] Fascist movements emphasize a belligerent, virulent form of nationalism (chauvinism) and a distrust of foreigners (xenophobia), the latter closely linked to the ethnocentrism of many fascist movements. The typical fascist state also embraced militarism, a belief in the rigors and virtues of military life as an individual and national ideal, meaning much of public life was organized along military lines and an emphasis put on uniforms, parades, and monumental architecture.

The World Hope Egypt National Reconciliation .

          Morsi 'well' but crestfallen: EU's Ashton

E.U. Diplomat Meets with Egypt's Morsi .

              The   Europeian   Union 's   top   diplomat   ,   Catherine   Ashton  has   visited  ousted   Egyptian  President   Morsi   She   is   in  
Egypt  working  to  mediate  a   resolution   to   the  country 's   political 
crisis  .
           Please  !   Don't   tough   the   Soverignty   of   the   Egyptian  , Let   the  Army  does   freely  according  to   its  Rode   Map  for  the   National   Reconciliation  .
          Hello  !  Ashton  ,Don't  use   the   U.S.  POLICY  or  Strategies   in   Syria  , to   create   another  Civil  War  or   Violence  in   Egypt   which  only  has   an   event    of   Muslim   Brotherhood   Issue  or   the   ousted   President   Morsi's   Schism    in   Egypt   Society  .  Let  the   Egyptian  should  Resolve   by   themselves  .   God   bless   with    you  ! 
                                                                


                           

VOA News

July 30, 2013

The European Union's top diplomat has visited ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who has been held in an undisclosed location since the military pushed him from power nearly a month ago.

The EU says foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with  Morsi for two hours of "in-depth discussion."  It did not say when or where the meeting took place.

Ashton is in Egypt working to mediate a resolution to the country's political crisis.

On Monday, she met separately in Cairo with Egypt's interim leaders and military chief, as well as officials from Mr. Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.

She has made no public comments about her meetings.  In a statement released ahead of her trip, Ashton called for a fully inclusive transitional government that includes the Muslim Brotherhood.

Also Monday, supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi continued their protests at security administration buildings, remaining defiant in the face of the military's move to install an interim government nearly a month ago.

Egypt's army has warned Morsi's supporters to stay away from military facilities, especially military intelligence headquarters.  It says the sites are vitally important, and that anyone approaching them would be in danger.

Syria Troops , Hesbollah consolidate Gains in Homs ..

                     Nearly    two   years   ago  ,  on Aug 18 ,2011 ,  President   Obama   first  proclaimed   , "  The   time  has   come  for  President   Assad   to  step   aside  "   ..............and   .....the   " Assad   must   go   " but   according  to   Syria   War   Events    The  President  Obama  seem   to   be   stepped  aside  by   his   policy  which  cannot   be   maintained   to   support   the   opposition  groups  who   will   be   provided   Military  Aid   ,   as  the  White  House 's   Announcement   on   June   13  ,2013  , which   was  only  lip   service  for   them  .Had   the   Assad  Regime  crossed  a  " Red  Line  "   by   using  Chemical   Weapons  ?  
              It    was  not  only  for   the  U.S.   But   also   for   the  opposition  groups   as   a   serious  intention  which   may   be   broken  their  mutual  trust  in   the  future   relation  . 
           The  World   ,  hope  to  find out  a  peaceful  solution    for   the  Syrian  People  .  God   bless   with   them  ! 

VOA News

July 28, 2013

Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters are reported to be consolidating their control over a key rebel district in the strategic central city of Homs.

State-run television broadcast live coverage Sunday from Khaldiyeh, an embattled northern neighborhood in Homs, saying the army now controlled most of the area. Video showed extensive destruction, including rubble-strewn streets and bodies it says were of fighters.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that "the army and Hezbollah control a major part of Khaldiyeh after having gained ground over the past 24 hours."

The opposition Syrian National Coalition dismissed the reported military advances in Khaldiyeh as "fictitious victories," accusing the government of having extensively bombed the area. The SNC said what it called a "tactical withdrawal" by Free Syrian Army fighters is "not indicative of [President Bashar] al-Assad’s ability to maintain control over the area."

On Saturday, pro-government forces captured the ancient Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in Khaldiyeh, which rebels had controlled for more than a year.

The mosque was a focal point of the anti-government uprising and had been the launch pad for several anti-government demonstrations.

Syrian rebels have controlled much of Homs since the civil war broke out more than two years ago. The main highway from Damascus to the north and Mediterranean coast runs through the city, which is also close to the Lebanese border.

Meanwhile, the SNC, Syria's main exiled opposition group, condemned the reported execution of scores of government soldiers by rebels in a northern Syrian village several days ago and said it was forming a commission of inquiry to investigate the incident.

Syrian activists say rebels killed 150 government soldiers, some after they surrendered, last week in the village of Khan al-Assal, outside Aleppo, the country's largest city.

The SNC said initial reports showed "armed groups" not affiliated with the main rebel coalition were involved. It did not elaborate, but the al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front says its fighters participated in the battle.

 

Top U.S. General Out lines Military Options , Why ?

                   The   Military  Options  would   be   thought   by   the   U.S. 
Why  ? :  The   opposition  groups   have  no   Unity  Force  ,   from   the  outside  Publice  Area  or   Fredom   Movement  Area   or    Liberated  Zone .  
                 Almost   all   their  movements  are  among  the   Public   Building  ,Home  buildings   which   are   used  as   for  covers  or  shields  in   the   fighting   groung  and  ( they)   cannot  face  and  hit   back to  the   government  force  . 
              They   have  lost  Syrian  peoples '  support  in   the   battle   ground  , every   where  was  become  Humannitarian   Disaster  . 
               Thay have  no  common  political  mean   to   face  the   reality  conflict   and   they   have   without  National  Guide  Line  for   Syrian   People  .
            Uncal  Sam  !   Please ,  remind  yourself  -  What   to   do  for  the  Syrian   War  in  Violence  ,  to  find   the   solution  without   foreign  Intervention which  has   been  depending   on   Uncal   Sam   and  Russian  as   the   world 's  desire .  God   Bless  with   you  ! 
 We   don't  like  the  Regional  War   in  Middle-East  ............

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen Martin Dempsey offered five military options, including limited strikes and establishing a no-fly zone.
But he said using force in Syria would be "no less than an act of war" and could cost the US billions of dollars.
Washington has so far ruled out military intervention in Syria.
Its role in the conflict is currently limited to delivering humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries and providing non-lethal help to the Syrian opposition.
In an open letter to senators, Gen Dempsey analysed five military options the US military could potentially undertake in Syria:

• training, advising and assisting the opposition
• conducting limited strikes
• establishing a no-fly zone
• creating buffer zones inside Syria
• controlling Damascus' chemical arms

Gen Dempsey estimated that the first option would cost about $500m (£325m) a year, while each of the other four actions would require roughly $1bn a month.
"The decision to use force is not one that any of us takes lightly. It is no less than an act of war," he wrote in the letter.
Gen Dempsey acknowledged that the outlined actions would strengthen the opposition and put more pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, but he warned the US should learn from its previous interventions, as in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"We have learned from the past 10 years, however, that it is not enough to simply alter the balance of military power without careful consideration of what is necessary in order to preserve a functioning state," he said.
Gen Dempsey's letter was in response to questions by two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee which is considering re-appointing him for a second two-year term as chairman of the joint chiefs.
More than 90,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising again President Assad began in 2011, according to the UN.
A further 1.7 million have been forced to seek shelter in neighbouring countries

Egyption Army Chief Urges Protests .

The   Urge   would  not   to   be  had   comment  .   It's  enough  !   

Edward Yeranian

July 24, 2013

CAIRO — Egypt's Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has urged Egyptians to turn out Friday to denounce what he called "violence and terrorism," and to authorize the army and police to deal with it. He also insisted there is "no going back" on Egypt's political "road map" which he vowed would end in free and fair elections.

Sissi received applause as he addressed a crowd of graduating cadets, insisting that his “conscience was clear” over his actions in Egypt's recent political upheaval. “The military,” he insisted, “takes orders only from the people.”

He said he warned Egypt's political and religious leaders, including ousted President Mohamed Morsi, over many months that the country was “heading into a dark tunnel,” and that a “solution” was needed to resolve the country's escalating crisis.

Sissi also stressed that the “political road map” calling for rewriting the constitution and holding fresh parliamentary and presidential elections would go ahead as planned, despite protests by the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters.

The defense minister said no one should think for one minute that he can ignore the road map, insisting that free and fair elections would be held and that international organizations would be free to monitor them. If any group, he said, believes it has a majority, it should run in the election.

According to Reuters Egypt's public prosecutor later ordered the arrest of Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and eight other senior members of the movement in a probe over accusations of inciting violence.  Badie and other Brotherhood figures have been detained before and subsequently released since July 3. The Brotherhood, which for decades existed largely underground before the fall of strongman Hosni Mubarak in 2011, fears a broad crackdown.

As scattered violence rocked various parts of the country, Sissi asked Egyptians to hold rallies on Friday to demonstrate to the world that they support their military, as they did on June 30.

He said he has never asked anything of the Egyptian people, but that he is urging them to turn out on Friday to show the world what they have decided and to give the army and the police the authority to confront violence and terrorism.

Snowden has been trapped in Russuia , unknowen Limitation .

Snowden submits request for asylum in Russia
           The   Temporary   Asylum would  allow   Snowden  to  Free  travel  and  work  in   Russia   Kucherena  , a   lawyer  said  .  He   chose  to  apply  for  tempory  asylum  and   not  political  asylum  because  the  latter  takes  longer  to  consider  .
         Snowden  said  he   had  no  immediate   plan  to   leave   Russia ...  Temporary  asylum  is   provided  for  a  period  of    one   year  and   could   be  extened  each  year  . 
       Mr.  Snowden  ,  take  care   yourself  ,  your  health  and   your  life  before  and   after  Putin  and  Obama  are   to   meet  in   Moscow  and   at   the   G20  Summit  in   St. 
Petersburg  .                                                                
       You   have   been  trapped   in   Russia  ,  unknown limitation ,
which   will   be   according  to   the   Partnership   Relation  between  Russia    and   the   U.S.   government  .  Your   fate  will   be  look   upon  the  two   Presidents  '   Meeting  Result  which   cannot   be  resolved  by   the  Secretary  of   the  U.S.  government   and   the  foreign   mintster  of  Russia  level  .
      God   bless  with   you  !  The   international   Justic  will   not   foget   you   ,as   I  do   my   hope  !   ......
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Unwelcome Guest A Russian lawyer helping Snowden with his request for temporary asylum said on Wednesday he expects Snowden will soon be able to leave Sheremetyevo airport, where he has remained in the transit zone since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. Anatoly Kucherena told Reuters he believed the American would be able to leave the transit zone, which Moscow considers neutral territory, within a week, and indicated he expected him to stay in Russia for the time being. Kucherena said on Tuesday that Snowden had given him a verbal promise that he would stop anti-U.S. activities.But a human rights activist who attended a meeting with Snowden on Friday said the American did not regard his leaks as harmful to his home country. Snowden has said that he was acting in U.S. interests, not against them. Snowden, 30, says the United States has prevented him from flying to Latin America - where Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela have offered him refuge -- by putting pressure on other countries not to help him escape U.S. justice. Putin has also accused the United States of trapping Snowden, but Russia has kept the former contractor at arm's length by saying it regards the transit area between the runway and passport control as neutral territory. “Mr Snowden, as I understand it, never intended to stay here, in Russia, forever. He has even said so himself,” Putin said. He added that he did not know what Snowden's long-term plans were and said: “It is his fate and his choice.”