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Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) Culture Minister Lee Yung-te (李永得) said the government would continue its efforts to secure reparations for those persecuted during Taiwan's authoritarian period, at a memorial service hosted by the National Human Rights Museum Saturday.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei last week has caused the People’s Republic of China to launch an aggressive series of live-fire exercises around Taiwan. While these exercises require significant attention and analysis, it is also important to take time to analyze the significance of Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan’s National Human Rights Museum. The visit to the museum is important for two primary reasons: It highlights the democratic progress of Taiwan, and it serves to starkly contrast present-day Taiwan with China.
The museum the site of the old Military Justice Academy-turned-military detention facility is
Taipei, Oct. 3 (CNA) Taiwan's Transitional Justice Commission on Saturday exonerated five political prisoners from the charge of overthrowing the government, 51 years after they were executed in 1970 following the Taiyuan Prison Insurrection during the Martial Law era.
The Transitional Justice Commission yesterday posthumously exonerated five prison inmates who were executed after the 1970 Taiyuan Prison Insurrection.
The five Taiwan independence advocates, held at the prison in Taitung County, seized weapons and broke out of the facility, but were later captured.
They hoped to lead an uprising against the nation’s military dictatorship and proclaim independence, said Kao Chin-lang (高金郎), who was a political prisoner in Taiyuan Prison at the time of the insurrection
Kao has for several years organized events to commemorate the five inmates Cheng Chin-ho (鄭金河), Chiang Ping-hsing (江炳興), Chen Liang (陳良), Chan Tien-tseng (詹天增) and