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Taiwan's Human Rights, criticism ★ this site's world No. 1 in 2020~24, 2017~19, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2010~12 ★ Top since 1998 |
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#MeToo in Taiwan |
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CNN, 2023-6-10:
Taiwan,
priding itself on gender equality, is facing its own
reckoning over sexual harassment. Most
sexual harassment victims were told to "let it go"
... Such culture of self-sacrifice is
deep rooted in Taiwan's political reality, where the
"big picture" often comes
above everything else.
edition.cnn.com/2023/06/10/asia/taiwan-metoo-netflix-wave-makers-intl-hnk/index.html ★ The Guardian (UK), 2023-6-8: The belated #MeToo reckoning has exposed the deeply patriarchal norms that still govern Taiwanese society. … victims in the dark and perpetrators enjoying impunity”. Prof Chen Mei-hua at National Sun Yat-sen University noted that while these accusations had played out in the court of public opinion, in formal legal proceedings they were unlikely to succeed. "...It is almost impossible for victims to win the lawsuit.”. theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/taiwan-ruling-party-rocked-sexual-harassment-claims-metoo AmyHawk
★ Washington Post, 2023-6-7: the government has until now been slow to respond to reported cases of sexual harassment. msn.com/en-us/news/world/hit-netflix-show-sparks-a-wave-of-metoo-allegations-in-taiwan/ar-AA1cefPH Vic Chiang, Meaghan Tobin Bloomberg, 2023-6-7: Tsai Ing-wen: "We've also seen such cases are everywhere...".
★ The China Project (New York based), 2023-6-8: Until now, Taiwan has not seen a #MeToo movement similar to that in the United States, Europe, or even China. Victim blaming is still prevalent in Taiwanese society, discouraging victims from coming forward. 70% to 80% of respondents who said they had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace chose to remain silent. thechinaproject.com/2023/06/08/taiwans-ruling-dpp-rocked-by-sexual-misconduct-allegations/ Jordyn Haime
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★ US Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices
released at 2023-3-20
(state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/taiwan/):
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In 2020 presidential and legislative elections,
there were allegations of vote buying by candidates and
supporters of both major political parties.
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In the year to May, 21 high-ranking officials, 38
mid-level, 83 low-level, and 18 elected officials were indicted for corruption.
♦ Defamation and public humiliation are criminal
offenses. Reporters faced the threat of legal action under the liberal libel
laws.
♦ Migrant fishermen reported abuses by senior crewmembers, including beatings,
withholding of food and water, retention of identity documents, wage deductions,
and noncontractual compulsory sharing of vessel operational costs. These abuses
were particularly prevalent in Taiwan’s large distant-waters fishing fleet,
which operated without adequate oversight. Foreign workers were often
reluctant to report employer abuses for fear the employer would terminate their
contract, subjecting them to possible deportation and leaving them unable to pay
off debts to recruiters.Foreign workers generally faced exploitation and incurred significant debt
burdens during the recruitment process due to excessive brokerage fees,
guarantee deposits, and high charges for flights and accommodations. Brokerage
agencies often required workers to take out loans for “training” and other fees
at local branches of Taiwan banks in their home countries at high interest
rates, leaving workers vulnerable to debt bondage. NGOs suggested authorities
should seek further international cooperation with labor-exporting countries,
particularly on oversight of transnational labor brokers.Foreign fishermen were commonly subjected to mistreatment and poor working
conditions. Fishermen working on Taiwan-flagged vessels operating beyond
Taiwan’s territorial waters (the distant-waters fishing fleet) were not afforded
the same labor rights, wages, insurance, and pensions as those recruited to work
within Taiwan’s territorial waters.
Employers are subject to civil but not criminal charges when their
employees are involved in fatal accidents due to unsafe working conditions.
In 2021, 18.9 percent identified violations, primarily in
sectors including wholesale and retail, logistics and transportation,
accommodation, and food services.
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Employers, however,
reportedly used tactics such as increasing the number of workers employed so the
50 percent threshold could not be met. Trade unions also reported the use of
antiunion tactics to intimidate workers and activists. The right to strike remained highly restricted. Teachers, civil servants, and
defense industry employees do not have the right to strike. Workers in
industries such as utilities, hospital services, and telecommunication-service
providers are allowed to strike only if they maintain basic services during the
strike. Authorities may prohibit, limit, or break up a strike during a disaster.
♦ A rise in the number of reports of child
sexual exploitation cases from 1,060 in 2018 to 1,879 in 2021.
NGOs raised concerns about online sexual exploitation of children: they
reported sex offenders increasingly used cell phones, web cameras, live
streaming, apps, and other new technologies to deceive and coerce underage girls
and boys into sexual activity. The NGOs called for increased prosecutions and
heavier penalties. Reporting of child sexual exploitation online to the Ministry
of Health and Welfare increased steadily in recent years
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Many survivors did not report rape for fear of social stigmatization, and NGOs
and academic studies estimated the total number of sexual assaults was seven to
10 times higher than the number reported to police. Some abused women chose not
to report incidents to police due to social pressure not to disgrace their
families. Number of cases of sexual harassment
41 percent increase over the previous year.
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Taiwan journalists reported difficulty publishing
content critical of the PRC, alleging
that PRC authorities had pressured Taiwan businesses with operations in the PRC...
★ US State Government
2023 trafficking in persons report /
Dr. Joseph Nye ( a former dean of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and a former assistant secretary of defense, a deputy assistant secretary of state ) said in a speech under the theme of "Taiwan's Soft Power" at Dec. 8, 2010 that :“The answer is as long as Taiwan stands for democracy and human rights, that will be impossible ( the Americans make a deal and sell out Taiwan forsomething that they want from China) in American political culture.”
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★ Global Times, 2022-12-19: There are forces on the island who are mentally controlling the Taiwan people...
High-tech. persecutions in Taiwan ( privacy is no longer sacrosanct ) |
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surveillance
in Europe
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surveillance
in the
U.S. Freedom House (2019) : At the very least, social media surveillance must come under greater oversight. The use of such programs must be transparent... The survival of democracy requires vibrant public spaces, both offline and online, where individuals can... without fear of constant surveillance. Washington DC based Epic.org: The unchecked expansion of surveillance systems is one of the greatest threats to privacy and civil liberties. Abuses of surveillance technology are not only unjust, they're dangerous.
The concerns in the US or Europe are basically about people’s emails, online chats, internet browsing histories, and information about social media activity or face analysis in public spaces, etc
As for mind control, and electromagnetic attacks the civilians in Taiwan, those are not only violation of Privacy Act (Taiwan does not have a Privacy Act ), but also committing serious crimes.
However,
Taiwan has not rebutted its "sworm enemy's" allegation for more than half years, which is nothing other than giving a tacit consent to it.
Till now, Taiwan Intel. still refuse to declassify and open persecution files of 50 years ago, are they willing to open the public the crimes they committed in recent years (if any) ?
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Oversight ★ Can Taiwan make it ?
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persecution in 1947 (228 Massacre) |
persecution in today's Taiwan |
Public Radio International (USA), The World.org, 2023-3-1 |
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from the perspective of Chiang Kai-Shek, this was an insurrection. And these had been common in mainland China under the [Republic of China] dating back for decades…so it was quite typical to dispatch the military and put down what they perceived to be a rebellion. | In a so-called democratic country, Taiwan's political leaders still have Chiang Kai-Shek's mindset, still turn a blind eye to, or still commit crime - political persecutions ... should be unforgivable ! They're making an insurrection !? |
★ Taipei Times, 2023-1-14: There are also domestic issues of concern to human rights advocates. Migrant workers in domestic services, fishing, farming, manufacturing, food processing and construction continue to be subjected to unfair conditions. While amendments have sought to increase pay, supervise treatment of workers on distant-water fishing vessels and improve living conditions at factories, wages for migrant workers remain lower than the minimum wage. Live-in caregivers are also frequently denied appropriate leave, while there are reports of abuse and unfair restrictions. Taiwan was “already among a very, very small number of countries in the world that still retain the death penalty, and the arguments that are time and again repeated by the government are far from convincing.” Taiwan also continues to prosecute people accused of defamation in criminal court. The US Department of State said in its 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices last year that “under the law, those [in Taiwan] who commit slander or libel by ‘pointing out or disseminating a fact which will injure the reputation of another’ are subject to a sentence of up to two years or a fine.” taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2023/01/14/2003792561
★ US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released at 2022-4-12 (state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/taiwan/):
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Worker Rights
nLarge enterprises frequently made it
difficult for employees to organize an enterprise union through methods such as
blacklisting union organizers from promotion or relocating them to other work
divisions. These methods were particularly common in the technology sector.
nThere
was reported discrimination, including employment discrimination, against
persons with HIV or AIDS
nForced labor occurred primarily in
sectors reliant on migrant workers, including domestic service, fishing,
farming, manufacturing, meat processing, and construction.
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Child prostitutes
nThe
Control Yuan reported in August that its analysis of official statistics from
2005-20 showed the number of male victims of child sexual exploitation was
increasing and that male and female minors of indigenous heritage were targeted
at higher rates than those of other ethnic groups.
nThe
Taiwan High Prosecutor’s Office reported a rise in child sexual exploitation
cases in 2018, 2019, and 2020, with 1,060, 1,211, and 1,691 indictments,
respectively.
nNGOs
raised concerns about the online sexual exploitation of children and reported
sex offenders increasingly used cell phones, web cameras, live streaming, apps,
and other new technologies to deceive and coerce underage girls and boys into
sexual activity; the NGOs called for increased prosecutions and heavier
penalties.
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Corruption
nIn
2020 presidential and legislative elections, President Tsai Ing-wen won
re-election,...there were allegations of vote buying
by candidates and supporters of both major political parties.
n13
high-ranking officials, 79 mid-level, 93 low-level, and 18 elected officials
were indicted for corruption.
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Freedom of speech
nCTi
News was forced off the air after the National Communications Commission
declined to renew its broadcast license. Opposition politicians and some
academics and commentators claimed the decision was politically motivated
retaliation for CTi News’ criticism of the ruling party.
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Reporters faced online bullying and the threat of legal action,
particularly under the liberal libel laws. These
provisions allow the subjects of unfavorable press coverage to press criminal
and civil charges directly against journalists and media outlets for defamation.
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Foreign laborers
nForced
labor occurred primarily in sectors reliant on migrant workers, including
domestic service, fishing, farming, manufacturing, meat processing, and
construction. Foreign workers were often reluctant to
report employer abuses for fear the employer would terminate their contract,
subjecting them to possible deportation and leaving them unable to pay off debts
to recruiters
nMigrant
fishermen reported abuses by senior crewmembers, including beatings, withholding
of food and water, retention of identity documents, wage deductions, and
noncontractual compulsory sharing of vessel operational costs to retain their
labor. These abuses were particularly prevalent in Taiwan’s large distant-waters
fishing fleet, which operated without adequate oversight.
nForeign
workers were often reluctant to report employer abuses for fear the employer
would terminate their contract, subjecting them to possible deportation and
leaving them unable to pay off debts to recruiters.
nForeign
fishermen were commonly subjected to mistreatment and poor working conditions.
NGOs reported that foreign fishing crews in the distant-waters fishing fleet
generally received wages below the required minimum...
nAuthorities
estimated that more than 53,000 migrant workers were
concentrated in the domestic work and manufacturing sectors. NGOs reported that
some migrant workers legally employed as domestic workers were in fact
informally employed outside the home...
♣ PS: Taiwan has persecution cases which has not been included in US Human Rights report
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Focus Taiwan, Taipei Times, etc, 2022-5-13:
Invited by Taiwan's government, an international human rights
experts panel conducted a five-day review from May 9-13 in Taipei of the
country's implementation of two United Nations' human rights-related covenants,
namely the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
nfreedom
of speech and of peaceful protest continues to be unduly restricted.
n The panel's report also highlighted the absence of legislation to curb torture and discrimination in Taiwan. “The information provided by the government clearly shows that there are many allegations of torture against law enforcement officials in Taiwan,” the report said, adding that those cases only led to disciplinary action instead of criminal prosecution. The nation has yet to make incorporate torture — the crime of inflicting severe mental or physical pain or suffering on a powerless person for a particular purpose as defined in international law — into its Criminal Code
nThe human rights panel experts are critiquing Taiwan's record on issues such as the death penalty, torture, gender equality, broader forms of discrimination, the status of indigenous peoples, and the rights of migrant domestic workers (especially given the greater burdens on caregivers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic).
nThe Concluding Observations and Recommendations of the international review committee underlined the importance of Taiwan completing its process of incorporating key norms into its domestic law, by adding the three conventions – the Convention Against Torture, the Convention on Migrant Workers, and the Convention on Enforced Disappearances. The committee also reiterated the need to explicitly prohibit torture in Taiwan’s criminal code. The review committee also urged Taiwan to issue a declaration (pursuant to Article 12 of the Rome Statute) recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
n international panel experts called on Taiwan to end the “cruel and degrading” practice of capital punishment. The nine-member group said it was "extremely disappointed" at the failure of Taiwan's government to address the issue. "Taiwan is already among a very, very small number of countries in the world that still retain the death penalty, and the arguments that are time and again, repeated by the government, are far from convincing," experts said the "cruel, inhuman and degrading" punishment was in violation of ICCPR's Article 6 and 7.
nTaiwan’s failure thus far to incorporate the Convention on
Migrant Workers or to adopt a domestic workers protection law is of additional
concern given the vulnerability of these workers — many of them women who
provide crucial long-term services to the elderly and disabled — to adverse,
discriminatory measures related to the pandemic. Their precariousness is further
underlined by their low pay, lack of union representation, and the subordination
of their bargaining power to the interests of the governments of their home
countries because of Taiwan’s reliance on a Philippines-style
labor-export model.
Many of these workers are identifiable as observant Muslims because of their dress, and are of Southeast Asian (primarily Indonesian, Filipino, Malaysian, and Vietnamese) origin, which differentiates them from most of the population in Taiwan and could make them susceptible to forms of discrimination that are not regulated – hence the need to incorporate the convention’s terms into law. The committee also noted the need to bring migrant workers within the protections of Taiwan’s overall system of labor regulation and received multiple reports regarding limitations on migrant workers’ rights to change employment, to obtain permanent residency, and bars to the migration of family members, resulting in the induced separation of families. The committee also noted its concerns regarding widespread reports of abuses against the conditions of labor for fisheries workers. Many of these are also migrants.
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In 2017, another
international human
rights experts review
panel
( Philip Alston, law
professor at New York University; Eibe Riedel, former member of the United Nations Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Jerome Cohen, law professor at New York
University; and Nisuke Ando, professor emeritus at Kyoto University, etc. )
conclusively
advised Taiwan
legislating a new law against torture and other cruelties.
Till middle Jun.
2022, Taiwan just
turned a deaf ear to them.
eprints.soas.ac.uk/24511/1/Caldwell_The%20Control%20Yuan%20and%20Human%20Rights%20in%20Taiwan.pdf:
Taiwan would still lack a NHRI that complies with
the Paris Principles. The Control Yuan would still be subject to the negative
effects of the semi-presidential system that could severely limit its ability to
effectively protect human rights. The highly volatile
political climate, and the way in which party politics play out within Taiwan’s
semi-presidential system, have the potential to seriously impede the Control
Yuan’s functionality.
★ China Times (中時), editorial, 2022-12-22: Taiwan's government has been practicing authoritarianism, the investigation and prosecutors are under DPP admin.'s orders and wantonly violate human rights. (對內實施威權,檢調對黨政機關俯首聽命,肆意侵犯人權) chinatimes.com/opinion/20221221004829-262101?chdtv
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Global Times,
12-9-2020:
Chiu Yi
, a former
"lawmaker" in
Taiwan and a
scholar, said
his family
members have
also been
impacted.,Chiu
Yi - Wikipedia
● Apple Daily (蘋果日報), headline, 12-9-2017: Taiwan's opposition party vice presidential candidate, National Taiwan University professor Lin Ruey-Shiung, was subject to electromagnetic wave attacks (French AFP , Dec. 1, 2011 , Thailand's Bangkok Post, Dec. 3, 2011, Yahoo UK & Ireland, etc. ) Lin Ruey-shiung - Wikipedia FTV News (民視 晨新聞), Jan 10, 2012, Lin Ruey-Shiung (林瑞雄): It's more terrifying than "White Terror" ( 比白色恐怖更恐怖)
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United Daily (聯合報),
editorial,
:
The means current Taiwanese government using to abuse
human rights is as bad as
Chiang Kai-shek's
authoritarian regime
( 蔡政府卻不斷踐踏人權
,手段較之他們指責的威權時期毫不遜色)
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★ Amnesty International, June, 2021
amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/English.pdf
amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/east-asia/taiwan/report-taiwan/
The government took several measures to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus, some of which threatened the right to privacy. Amendments to the Prison Act failed to address concerns about rights of people on death row with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities. In August, a National Human Rights Commission was established. In October, the International Review Committee received reports from international organizations ahead of its review of Taiwan’s implementation of the ICCPR and the ICESCR.
★ United Daily, editorial, 2022-6-5: Since DPP winning legislative majority for the first time in 2016, Taiwan's government kept abusing human rights, including suppressing freedom of expression, or restricting personal freedom in the name of national security, the means they took are no less than the authoritarian period they accused. udn.com/news/story/7338/6364498?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2
★ World Journal, USA, 12-6-2020 (largest Chinese news in the US) www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121475/5070213
Transitional Justice Committee Taiwan: human rights persecution and infringement by officials in power are anywhere and anytime - in the past, now, and most likely in the future...
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No.3 at 2022-3-1; No.4 at 2022-6-5; No.2 at 2021-5-9
pic. : No. 1 "Taiwanese human rights" on Yahoo Taiwan, 2021-5-17, 11-08-2020; No.2 at 2021-5-9
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Taiwan reviews
/ The ROC on Taiwan,
has its own constitution, independently
elected president and military forces, However, Taiwan's image
was tarnished
or damaged for having
benefits by
any means, and
having principal human rights problems, including:
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