TAIWAN: Western human rights experts meet President of the Parliament

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Western human rights experts meet You Si-kun, President of the Parliament

 

By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter

Taipei Times (07.04.2023) – A delegation of human rights experts from Europe and the US met with Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫) yesterday, before visiting the office of the Taipei Times.

The delegation is led by Italian sociologist Massimo Introvigne, who is editor-in-chief of Bitter Winter, an online magazine on religion and human rights in China. 

Photo 1: Legislative Speaker You Si-kun, right, speaks at a news conference while Center for Studies on New Religions director Massimo Introvigne, left, listens on. Credit: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times.

Photo 2: President of the Parliament You Si-kun in the middle on the right – Center for Studies on New Religions director Massimo Introvigne first on his left – Human Rights Without Frontiers director Willy Fautre second on the left – Historian of Religions, Davide S. Amore, on the right  

The group is in Taiwan until Sunday to hold its annual forum on human rights and freedom of religion. 

By increasingly providing respectful coverage, Taiwanese media are treating religious minorities much better than 20 or 30 years ago, he said. 

“Solving the human rights problem domestically surely improves the international image of Taiwan,” he said.

 The legislative speaker thanked the group for “exposing dark corners of the world and speaking out for the persecuted without fearing China.” 

Photo 3: Willy Fautré, interviewed by the media

Photo 4: Massimo Introvigne, front fourth left – Willy Fautre, front third left, and other members of a delegation of international human rights experts and “Taipei Times” staff pose for a photograph at the “Taipei Times” office yesterday. Courtesy of Citizen Congress Watch

During the meeting with the Taipei Times, the group praised Taiwan’s human rights environment and shared opinions on religious tolerance, human rights issues, freedom of expression and regulations on religions in Taiwan. 

Some human rights issues remain to be solved in Taiwan, like in all countries around the world, Introvigne said, adding that the group fully supports Taiwan in tackling the issues. 

 

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