Tag: indigenous rights in Taiwan

Will Changes to the Name Act Improve Indigenous Name Recognition?

Brian Hioe06/14/2024

New amendments to the Name Act will allow Indigenous to use their Indigenous names on their national ID, household registration, and passport without requiring a Chinese name. At present, laws require that Indigenous names, using Roman characters, also have Chinese characters for individuals registering for households, passports, or naturalizing...

EnglishIndigenousJune 2024RaceSocial Movements4 min read

Ten Years Later, Tama Talum Cleared of Charges

Brian Hioe03/20/2024

After close to a decade, the Supreme Court moved to clear Indigenous Bunun hunter Tama Talum of a conviction on firearms possession and hunting of a protected Formosan Serow earlier this month...

EnglishIndigenousMarch 2024RaceSocial Movements6 min read

Bahuan Community Demonstrates at NTU to Call for Return of Ancestors’ Remains

Brian Hioe11/20/2023

Members of the Bahuan community, who are Bunun Indigenous, demonstrated outside of National Taiwan University earlier this week. The demonstration led to some clashes with police, with a large number of police deployed for a relatively small number of protestors...

EnglishIndigenousNovember 2023RaceSocial Movements5 min read

Tama Talum Pardon Does Little to Address the Structural Issues that Led to the Case

Brian Hioe05/21/2021

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen pardoned Indigenous hunter Tama Talum yesterday. This was Tsai’s first use of the presidential pardon during her two terms as president, as well as the seventh time that the pardon was used in ROC history...

EnglishIndigenousMay 2021RaceSocial Movements5 min read

Indigenous Activists Demonstrate, Calling for Name Recognition

Brian Hioe05/13/2021

Indigenous activists and their supporters demonstrated outside of the Ministry of the Interior yesterday morning, calling for Indigenous name recognition...

EnglishIndigenousMay 2021RaceSocial Movements5 min read

Ruling on Indigenous Hunting Laws Disappoints Advocates for Change

Brian Hioe05/08/2021

Indigenous groups expressed regret yesterday after a ruling by the Council of Grand Justices yesterday that found some elements of current law regulating Indigenous hunting rights unconstitutional, but mostly upheld them...

April 2021EnglishPolitics6 min read

Indigenous Activists Hold Overnight Protest Before Council of Grand Justice Hearing on Tama Talum Case

Brian Hioe03/09/2021

Indigenous activists held an overnight sleep-in outside of the Judicial Yuan yesterday night, with a hearing scheduled to take place on the Tama Talum case today...

EnglishIndigenousMarch 2021RaceSocial Movements10 min read

Anger from Indigenous Activists After Protest Against Efforts to Protect Indigenous Territories

Brian Hioe05/15/2019

Over one thousand members of the Taiwan Association for the Rights of Non-Aboriginal Residents in Mountain Indigenous Townships protested against the Council of Indigenous Peoples’ efforts to protect indigenous traditional territories outside of the Executive Yuan and Council of Indigenous Peoples' yesterday. This has led to anger from indigenous activists...

EnglishIndigenousMay 2019RaceSocial Movements5 min read

Indigenous Occupation Dismantled by Police on 699th Day, Occupiers Vow to Continue

Brian Hioe01/22/2019

Taipei city police dismantled the occupation encampment of indigenous protesters outside Exit 1 of the NTU Hospital station earlier today. Indigenous protesters, however, vow to continue to occupy. Today was the 699th day of the occupation and this was the third dismantlement of the occupation which has occurred to date...

EnglishIndigenousJanuary 2019Social Movements6 min read

Bunun Community Members Urge Return Of Ancestors’ Remains From NTU

Brian Hioe06/30/2017

Bunun community elders, academics, and other community members from the village of Bahuan held a press conference Friday in Xinbeitou to press National Taiwan University to return of the bones of their ancestors...

EnglishIndigenousJune 2017RaceSocial Movements5 min read

Arts/Culture

Chinese Rapper Row Reveals Cross-Strait Dynamics

A Snapshot on Public Art: An Interview with Cal Y Canto Dance Group

Looking Back at “Olive It!: A Drag Cabaret in Support of Gazans”

International

China Lifts Pomelo Ban to Influence Taiwan Economically

Democratic and Republican Platforms on Taiwan Take Shape

Control Yuan Calls for Justice Over 1987 Massacre of Vietnamese Refugees by the Military

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

Battleground Issues of Upcoming Legislative Session Emerge

Keelung Mayor Faces October Recall

Ko Wen-je and the TPP’s Troubles Continue

Social Movements

indigenous rights in Taiwan

Ruling on Indigenous Hunting Laws Disappoints Advocates for Change

Battleground Issues of Upcoming Legislative Session Emerge

Keelung Mayor Faces October Recall

Ko Wen-je and the TPP’s Troubles Continue

Former General Faces Potential Charges for Singing Chinese National Anthem

Battleground Issues of Upcoming Legislative Session Emerge

Keelung Mayor Faces October Recall

Ko Wen-je and the TPP’s Troubles Continue

Former General Faces Potential Charges for Singing Chinese National Anthem

Surprise Recall of Kinmen County Council Speaker Fails