Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the High Court, the harshest sentence handed down since Beijing imposed the national security law in 2020...
A solidarity rally for protests in Iran was held today in Liberty Plaza. The protests began in December last year, against the theocratic and authoritarian Iranian government. Repression by the Iranian government has left tens of thousands dead. To date, it is estimated that 16,000 people have been killed, 19,000 arrested, and 330,000 injured...
With the protests that have broken out in Iran, one has seen all-too-typical reactions from those often referred to as tankies or campists. With the emergence of protests against an autocratic, theocratic regime that has positioned itself in opposition to the US, tankies and campists have been quick to denounce the protests as a US-orchestrated “color revolution.” Indeed, if the Trump administration carries out airstrikes or some other form of military intervention directed at the Iranian government, it is to be anticipated that tankies and campists will lean into this narrative all the more. This occurs even as some estimates have more than ten thousand dead as a result of brutal crackdowns in Iran...
In somewhat of a surprise, the Legislative Yuan has passed the Youth Basic Law. The law, which defines youth as between the ages of 18 and 35, provides for the creation of the Youth Affairs Development Council and the establishment of a 10 billion NT fund meant for youth...
A conversation with Vietnamese journalist Trịnh Hữu Long about two magazines he co-founded, Luật Khoa and The Vietnamese, as well as the non-profit, Legal Initiatives for Vietnam...
A vigil was held today in Liberty Plaza in Taipei to memorialize those who died in the deadly Wong Fuk Court fire on November 26th that killed at least 159 and injured 79. Several hundred were in attendance...
Thousands of strangers island-wide worked together with remarkable efficiency so that the Great Recall Movement would succeed. Despite its failure to recall any of the targeted politicians from office, the Great Recall Movement holds lessons for how to rapidly mobilize civil society in response to impending threats to Taiwan’s democracy...
