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…

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…