臺灣：停止對和平示威者進行暴力鎮壓
針對24號清晨國家暴力鎮壓行政院和平集會抗議群眾一事，
公開信亦重申，自由和平的集會權利是國際承認的及憲法賦予的，此次在立法院與行政院的和平抗爭民眾，僅是在行使其合憲正當的公民權利與表意自由。因此，共同連署之25個各國人權團體同聲呼籲馬政府：1、不得再使用武力鎮壓和平抗爭群眾；2、不得起訴參與此次反服貿抗爭的和平示威者。
以下為公開信中英文對照：
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Taiwan: Stop Violent Crackdown against Peaceful Protestors
臺灣：停止對和平示威者進行暴力鎮壓
Your Excellency,
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We, the undersigned civil society organisations, write to you to express our grave concern over the violent dispersal of peaceful protestors on 24 March 2014 at the government headquarters in opposition of the Taiwanese government’s Cross-Straits Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) with China.
我們，如下所簽署的公民團體，針對在2014年3月24日，為反對與中國簽署兩岸服務貿易協定，而集結在行政院的和平示威者遭到暴力驅離，來向您表達我們沉重的關切。
We express particular concern over the Taiwanese police’s deployment of water cannons and use of violence, including in forcibly dragging and manhandling protestors out of the government headquarters building where they were protesting on 23 and 24 March 2014. We have also received reports that peaceful and unarmed protestors, as well as journalists, have been beaten by the police during the crackdown, resulting in scores injured. We deplore the heavy-handed action of the police in dispersing the protestors as well as the arrests of dozens of protestors.
我們特別擔憂的是，警方出動鎮暴水車及暴力拖扯摳打3月23日及24日在行政院前集結的抗議群眾的驅趕手段及部署方式。我們得知，這些和平且手無寸鐵的示威者，包含記者，遭到警方暴力毆打，導致嚴重受傷流血情事。我們嚴厲譴責此次警方重裝暴力驅趕及逮捕數十名示威群眾的行為。
It must be reminded that the right to freedom of peaceful assembly is internationally-recognised and Constitutionally-guaranteed. We stress that the peaceful protestors – at the Parliament since 17 March 2014 and at the government headquarters on 23 and 24 March 2014 – have merely been exercising their basic rights in legitimately expressing concern over the potential impacts of the CSSTA, which has been discussed in a non-transparent manner, as demonstrated by the limited nature of public hearings, the rescinding of the stipulated clause-by-clause review of the agreement, as well as the haste with which the agreement was submitted for a final vote in the Parliament.
我們必須重申，自由和平的集會權利是國際承認的及憲法賦予的。我們強調，這些從2014年3月17日開始在立法院的，及23日、24日集結在行政院的和平示威者，僅是在行使他們的基本人權，表達他們對就兩岸服務貿易協定帶來的潛在威脅，以及黑箱審查的程序（具體顯現在效力不足的公聽會，逐項審查協商共識的違背，及粗率的最終表決過程等情事上）的擔憂，行使合憲正當的公民權利。
We therefore urge your government to refrain from any further violent crackdown on all ongoing and future peaceful assemblies, including the continuing protests against the CSSTA at the Parliament. While we appreciate that all those arrested at the government headquarters on 24 March 2014 have been reportedly released, we urge your government not to press charges against individuals in relation to their engagements in any form of peaceful protest against the CSSTA.
因此，我們強烈呼籲貴政府：
- 立即停止並承諾不得對現在還在持續中的及未來可能的和平集會進行暴力鎮壓手段，包括目前還在立法院的反服貿和平示威。
- 我們得知24日在行政院前遭到逮捕示威者目前皆已獲釋，但是我們強烈要求貴政府不得以參與這次反服貿抗爭為由，起訴任何和平示威者。
We thank you for your attention and consideration.
我們感謝您的關注及考量。
Signed by:
如下簽署：
- Amindo Global Foundation, Indonesia
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
- Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), India
- Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Torture (KontraS), Indonesia
- Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC), Nepal
- Centre for Human Rights and Development, Mongolia
- Cambodian Human Rights and Development Organization(ADHOC), Cambodia
- HAK Association, Timor Leste
- Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, UK
- Globe International, Mongolia
- Imparsial, Indonesia
- Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), Nepal
- INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre. Srilanka
- Korean House for International Solidarity (KHIS), South Korea
- Law and Society Trust (LST), Sri Lanka
- May 18 Foundation, South Korea
- National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), Pakistan
- Odhikar, Bangladesh
- People’s Empowerment Foundation (PEF), Thailand
- People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), South Korea
- People’s Watch, India
- People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), India
- Perhimpunan Bantuan Hukum dan HAM (PBHI), Indonesia
- Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), the Philippines
- Programme Against Custodial Torture & Impunity (PACTI), India
- Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), Malaysia
- Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR), Taiwan
- Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), the Philippines
- Think Centre, Singapore
- Yayasan Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Indonesia (YLBHI), Indonesia
