End executions, make progress towards abolishing the death penalty
(Paris, Taipei) Last week’s execution of a convicted murderer marks a massive step back in the fulfillment of the Taiwanese government’s promise to abolish the death penalty, FIDH and its member organization Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) said today. “Capital punishment in Taiwan is an anachronistic vestige of the country’s authoritarian past. President Tsai should immediately announce an official moratorium on executions and take steps towards the abolition of the death penalty.” –Adilur Rahman Khan, FIDH Vice-President On 31 August 2018, Li Hong-Ji, 41, was shot by a single executioner at Kaohsiung Second Prison. On 15 June 2015, the…
Condemning China’s Overreach of Jurisdiction and the Threat to Global Civil Society and Human Rights Activists
On April 25th, 2018, China sent a letter to 44 foreign airlines, demanding that they change all references for “Taipei, Taiwan” to “Taipei, China.” As of July 25th, 37 carriers have followed Beijing’s order. Seven additional carriers made compromises by either using “Chinese Taipei” or leaving blank Taiwan’s country name altogether. On the surface, China’s ridiculous demand for name change as regards to Taiwan seems to only serve the purpose of frustrating the Taiwanese public and displeasing the international community that sympathizes with Taiwan. We have no choice but to accept the situation or to boycott airlines that have…
China: Report for UN review calls for end of persecution of Chinese and foreign human rights defenders
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization in Taiwan Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) Joint press release China: Report for UN review calls for end of persecution of Chinese and foreign human rights defenders Paris, Taipei, 29 March 2018: In a joint report submitted today for the third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China, FIDH and its member organization Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) documented the Chinese government’s repressive actions against Chinese and foreign human rights defenders. The third UPR of China is scheduled to be held in November 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. “The…
China UPR report: Joint submission by fidh & TAHR
CHINA 28th Session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) November 2018 Joint submission prepared by FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) and Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) FIDH The International Federation for Human Rights, known by its French acronym FIDH, is an international human rights NGO representing 184 organizations from 112 countries. Since 1922, FIDH has been defending all civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights as set out in the Universal Declaration for Human Rights. Address: 17 Passage de la Main d’Or, 75011, Paris (France) Website: Contacts: asia@fidh.org TAHR Founded in 1984,…
Manifesto of the 71st Anniversary Memorial of the 228 Incident
Manifesto of the 71st Anniversary Memorial of the 228 Incident translate by 楊剛 In the evening of 27th February, 1947, one incident occurred in front of Tianma Tea House, eventually ignited the long-oppressed distress around the island, marked the beginning of the 228 incident. Island wide uprises and rebellion followed. The February 28th Incident (228 Incident) is not simply a series of mass killing, but a historic wound that stretched across all communities. These atrocities also incentivized people to reconsider the conditions of all the people: multiple iterations of colonial rule on the island and the aboriginals, the experience of…
【Rights to Assembly】 letter to Freedom House, Special Rappporteur, and ICCPR& ICESCR review committee
Letter to Freedom House Letter to Special Rappporteur, Letter to ICCPR& ICESCR review committee
Freedom Of Expression Is Not A Crime! Free Li, Ming-Che Immediately!
—Joint statement from NGOs alliance for rescuing Mr. Li, Ming-Che Today (28th of November) marks the 254th day since the Taiwanese human rights activist, Li, Ming-Che (李明哲) was first forced to disappear by the Chinese authorities on the 19th of March earlier this year. It was not until two months later on 26th of May that the Chinese authority confirmed his arrest. Yet to see Li standing in his trial took us six months after his first arrest on 11th of September. This morning, Li was sentenced to five years in prison by the Chinese court for “subversion of state power.” The court…
Ma, CCA chief “Killing human rights”
Ma, CCA chief 'Killing human rights' Protesters demand preservation of Chingmei martial law courtroom and prison memorial By Dennis Engbarth Taiwan News, Staff Reporter Page 4 2009-04-30 12:28 AM Over 50 former political prisoners and human rights activists demanded that Council of Cultural Affairs chairperson Huang Pi-twan resign for "wiping out history" and "murdering human rights" in a rally outside the CCA offices in Taipei City yesterday afternoon. The protest, which included representatives of the 1950s White Terror Victims Association, the Association of Concern for Taiwan Political Victims, the Association of Elderly Political Victims, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights,…
Shining a Light into the Shadows: Empowering Tibetans to Defend against Cyber Espionage
By Citizen Lab and Tibet Action Institute Tenzin, is a designer who is hard at work updating the website of a Tibetan human rights organization. She receives an email that includes a file attachment from a group of colleagues who have been working with her on the project. At first look it seems like just another one of the mundane emails we receive everyday. But beneath the surface something much more insidious is happening. The email was not sent by her colleague, but by someone pretending to be them. If the attachment was opened it would appear to be…
Shining a Light into the Shadows: Empowering Tibetans to Defend against Cyber Espionage
Shining a Light into the Shadows: Empowering Tibetans to Defend against Cyber Espionage By Citizen Lab and Tibet Action Institute Tenzin, is a designer who is hard at work updating the website of a Tibetan human rights organization. She receives an email that includes a file attachment from a group of colleagues who have been working with her on the project. At first look it seems like just another one of the mundane emails we receive everyday. But beneath the surface something much more insidious is happening. The email was not sent by her colleague, but by someone pretending to…
Indigenous people are not criminals! –Joint petition for the indigenous hunter, Talum
Talum (Mr. Kuang-Lu, Wang) is an indigenous hunter in Taiwan. Talum is his traditional name in Bunun tribe. However, he was sentenced guilty because he practiced his culture rights, hunting. Talum went hunting because his 94-years-old sick mother wanted to eat the meat from the mountain. On Oct. 29, Taiwan’s criminal Supreme Court rejected Talum’s appeal against the High Court’s judgment of guilty in two accusations, illegal possession of guns and illegal hunt for a Muntjac, which belongs to endangered species. Although article 21-1 of Wildlife Conservation Act excludes the indigenous people’s hunting for their traditional culture, the judge said…