In the meantime, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, the Judicial Reform Foundation, and a number of other NGOs have worked continuously for a reversal of their convictions. Efforts on behalf of the three have focused on obtaining either a retrial or a presidential pardon.
台灣人權促進會、民間司法改革基金會等民間社運團體則不斷為蘇建和三人遊行請命。