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Tenth Anniversary of Sunflower Movement Commemorated Yesterday with Demonstration by Legislature

Brian Hioe
The tenth anniversary of the outbreak of the Sunflower Movement was commemorated yesterday with a demonstration in front of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Several hundred, possibly around 1,000, attended. The primary organizer of the event was the Economic Democracy Union, one of the key groups involved in the movement, which reconstituted itself in the movement’s aftermath...
EnglishFeaturedMarch 2024Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Global Solidarity Protest for Russia’s LGBT+ Community Held in Taipei

Yo-Ling Chen
Yesterday afternoon, on the first day of Russia’s presidential election, civil society groups hosted a solidarity protest for Russia’s LGBT+ community outside of the Moscow-Taipei Coordination Commission on Economic and Cultural Cooperation’s office in Taipei. The protest, organized by the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights, was part of All Out’s “Global Speak Out for the Russian LGBT+ Community” campaign, which included coordinated protests in ten other countries across the world...
EnglishGender/SexualityMarch 2024Social Movements5 min read