1025 Press Release
In regard to whether Japan’s “Hansen’s Disease Patients’ Compensation Law” is applicable to the Hansen’s disease patients in Taiwan …
World Day Against Death Penalty
Double Tenth Day is our National Day and meanwhile the World Day Against Death Penalty. After Amnesty International and tens of other international hu…
Workshop on Human Rights Defenders
Workshop on Human Rights DefendersYou are invited!If you are working on human rights related issues, please come and join the HRD workshop! Time: Sept…
Aceh: Tragedy and Hope Human Rights Forum
1. Taiwan Youth for Democratization in AsiaTime: July 27th, 2005 (Wednesday) 18:30 – 21:00Venue: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy(Xinyi Rd., Sec.…
Japan Hanging on to Death Penalty
HRF/75/03 Embargoed for 23 April 2003 JAPAN is one of only two industrialized democracies that use the death penalty Currently, there are 57 people o…
Foreign Occupation, Right to Self Determination and Right to Development
Chairperson and dear Friends from Asia, First let me begin by thanking the Asian Civil Society Forum 2002 and the organizers for this opportunity to p…
A Musical Look at Human Rights in Taiwan
Human rights apply to many different aspects of our lives, and different groups of people face different kinds of human rights problems. Naturally, pe…
For Human Rights, Let them free
2001.05 The Greek cargo vessel, M/V Amorgos, was grounded off the coast of southern Taiwan, on Jan 14, 2001. The Environmental Protection Administrati…
Human rights get mixed report card
By Irene LinSTAFF REPORTERNews from Taipei Times Human rights conditions in Taiwan have improved over the past year, but causes for concern remain, ac…