March 2020

Memorial Ceremonies Disrupted by Hong Kong Police Over Weekend

A number of incidents of police violence against demonstrators took place in Hong Kong over the weekend. This was inclusive of a series of arrests by police which took place on early morning Saturday, as well as police violence on Sunday against both attendees of memorials for deceased demonstrators and participants in a demonstration against a planned COVID-19 quarantine clinic. Attacks on pro-democracy city councilors also took place on Monday from pro-police and pro-Beijing groups...

New Measures Rolled Out to Combat COVID-19, Tsai Administration Touts Successes Internationally

Efforts to fight the COVID-19 epidemic continue in Taiwan. The Central Epidemic Command Center did not report any new cases yesterday, as a result of which there are 45 confirmed cases in Taiwan currently, but new measures have been rolled out in order to respond to the epidemic. With Taiwan's apparent successes in containing the coronavirus epidemic and rapid increases in production capacity for needed medical supplies, the Tsai administration has notably begun leveraging on this for soft power, as a way to draw distinctions between Taiwan and China...

你一定不認識的寮國社會運動者莫伊——獨裁體制下的良心

雖然充滿風險,仍有許多寮國人留在寮國境內,爭取自由、人權以及參與環境運動。其中最知名的人物是三十歲女性何蔚宏·剎雅柏里(Houayheuang Xayabouly),或被稱為莫伊(Muay)。她在社群網站上擁有極高聲量,卻在 2019 年 9 月因為發佈一則批評政府處理水壩潰堤導致的水災反應遲緩的影片而遭到逮捕。...