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Groups in Taiwan to commemorate Tiananmen crackdown virtually
06/01/2021 10:41 PM
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A man uses candles to spell six and four in Chinese characters during a vigil held to commemorate Tiananmen crackdown in Taipei in 2020. CNA photo June 4, 2020
Taipei, June 1 (CNA) The annual vigil in Taipei to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown will be held virtually this year due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan, one of the event s organizers announced on Tuesday via an online press conference.
During the press conference livestreamed on Facebook, Panay Tsai (巴奈), a campaigner with the New School for Democracy (NSD), said this year s vigil is scheduled to be held from 7:30 p.m.- 9:15 p.m. on Friday via Facebook Live.
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25 Mai 2021 – According to recent reports, Myanmar
’s military junta uses torture and sexual violence against detained women. Victims complained about heavy beatings, sexual abuse during interrogations, misogynistic insults, and death threats.
Since the military coup on 1 February 2021, the junta has cracked down on protests and committed serious human rights violations including torture, arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Myanmar’s army is also known for using sexual violence to crush minority communities at the border regions.
Despite the military’s threats, a nonviolent civil disobedience movement emerged nationwide, and millions started demonstrating in hundreds of townships. Myanmar is a conservative country with rigid gender roles and widespread gender-based violence. However, young women rose up and played a crucial role in the protests. They took to the streets and demanded the restoration of democracy.