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Let’s Not Forget the Past to Move Towards the Future: This Would Be Another 228, Depriving Taiwanese Citizens of Their Right to Interpret History | Transcript of a Speech Spoken at the Press Conference Before the 228 Commemoration Event
Original Speech by: Shi Yixiang, Secretary-General of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights Translated by: Ashley Zheng, Intern Edited by: Zoe Wang, Intern As a human rights organization founded during a period of authoritarian martial law, the Taiwan Association of Human Rights, true to its roots, must stand up and confront the violence imposed by the Kuomintang regime in Taiwan. From the February 28th massacre to the period of White Terror that followed, state actions frequently violated principles of freedom and democracy guaranteed in our constitution in a long and seemingly endless series of pressing human rights violations. TAHR was…
【Speech Transcript】 The Fight Against the Plague of Totalitarianism & Standing in Solidarity with the Fight of the People of Hong Kong (31st Anniversary of the June 4th Forum)
The Fight Against the Plague of Totalitarianism & Standing in Solidarity with the Fight of the People of Hong Kong (31st Anniversary of the June 4th Forum) Shih Yi-hsiang (Secretary General of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights) Speech Transcript The past year has been a particularly difficult year for all, whether it was to the repressed individuals in China, human rights lawyers, the Tibetans, the Xinjiang Uyghurs, the people of Hong Kong, or to other countries around the world that has been affected by the arrest of human rights from China. In regards to any of the above, the…
【News Transcript】 Loopholes on the Rights of Extralegal Ships Exposed in the Pandemic, Foreign Fishers Unable to Return Home due to Government’s Slow Responses
News Transcript: Loopholes on the Rights of Extralegal Ships Exposed in the Pandemic, Foreign Fishers Unable to Return Home due to Government’s Slow Responses News Transcript/ 02 June 2020 | 1:53 PM/ Shih Yi-hsiang During the pandemic, fishers far off the coasts return to its ports with new challenges. Specifically, despite the boat’s investments and owners all as Taiwanese, what was registered on paper was a foreign ship for expedient purposes. Due to the official statuses as foreign ships, any foreign fisher is unable to enter Taiwan, much less their homes. This epidemic has stranded these groups of foreign workers…
【Proposition】 Don’t Let President Tsai’s Talk of Rescuing the People of Hong Kong Become an Empty Promise
The following article was published on the Apple Daily on 2020/05/25 Written by Shih Yi-hsiang / Secretary General of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights The Chinese People’s Congress shocked the world on June 22nd with a draft of the “Decision on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanism for the Safeguard of National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”. The draft spoke of enacting measures against any activities that may subvert the regime and required the Hong Kong government to finish Article 23 to maintain China’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and unity across the two governments.…
Taiwan: Second execution under President Tsai condemned
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organizations in Taiwan Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) and Covenants Watch Joint press release Taiwan: Second execution under President Tsai condemned Paris, Taipei, 2 April 2020: Yesterday’s execution of a convicted murderer casts serious doubts on Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen’s commitment to human rights and marks a setback in Taiwan’s efforts to abolish the death penalty, FIDH and its member organizations Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) and Covenants Watch said today. “President Tsai ends her first term on a disappointing note. She should reverse course…
[Joint Statement]China: Release Taiwanese Activist Li Ming-Che
Today, 19 March 2020, marks the third anniversary of the arbitrary detention of Taiwanese human rights defender Li Ming-Che by the Chinese authorities. Since his arbitrary arrest, Li Ming-Che’s rights have continued to be violated while in detention. We, the undersigned national and international organisations, strongly condemn these violations and call on the Government of China to release him and end the use of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances against activists and human rights defenders. Li Ming-Che is currently detained in Chi-Shan prison, Hunan Province. Li Ming-Che worked for the promotion of civil and political rights in Taiwan and in…
Timeline of Mr. Li Ming-che’s case
2017 March 19：LI went “missing” soon after he enter China’s Gong-Bei Port fromMacau March 20：LI’s wife, Mrs. LI Jing-Yu reported his missing to Taiwan’s Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) under the State Council as well. The latter responded with “no such information was reported by the relevant authorities.” March 24 : First NGO and family joint press conference. Taiwan Association for Human Rights ask the Chinese government to release the video record of CCTV in the port of entry March 29： Spokesperson of TAO confirmed of LI’s detention by national security forces at its regular…
Timeline of Mr. Li Ming-che’s case
2017 March 19：LI went “missing” soon after he enter China’s Gong-Bei Port from Macau. March 20：LI’s wife, Mrs. LI Jing-Yu reported his missing to Taiwan’s Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) under the State Council as well. The latter responded with “no such information was reported by the relevant authorities.” March 24 : First NGO and family joint press conference. Taiwan Association for Human Rights ask the Chinese government to release the video record of CCTV in the port of entry. March 29： Spokesperson of TAO confirmed of LI’s detention by national security forces at its…
Taiwanese citizen Li Ming-che subject to inhumane treatment in Chinese prison! Freedom of speech is not a crime, release Li from China immediately!
Translator: Kuan-Wei Wu, Proofreaders: James Shyan-Tau Wu, Cheng-Hung Hsieh Today, December 24, Christmas Eve, is the 645th day since Li Ming-che was subject to forced disappearance and arbitrary detention. While people begin to prepare for New Year festivities, Taiwanese citizen Li Ming-che is still detained in Chi-shan Prison in Hunan Province (China), unable to return to Taiwan. The joint conference at the Legislative Yuan today is held by Li Ching-yu and the Rescue Li Ming-che Team, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan, Prison Watch, Judicial Reform Foundation, Youth Synergy Taiwan Foundation, Taiwan Forever Association, Legislator Yu Mei-nu, and New Power Party. Li Ching-yu, spouse of…
An Open Letter to the Executive Yuan: Defending freedom of speech is the weapon against disinformation.
Bill to require platform operators to remove disinformation in a short period of time (i.e., within 24 hours). This incident has aroused great concern and controversy in society. Although the Executive Yuan held press conferences to clarify relevant information on 2018/12/11 and 2018/12/13 respectively, and pointed out that the Executive Yuan will “firmly defend freedom of speech” and will not propose any amendment to the Digital Communication Bill that has not passed the third reading by the Legislative Yuan, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights does not believe that the relevant disputes and risks has been resolved and disappeared completely.…