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Taiwan's Human Rights, criticism ★ this site's world No. 1 in 2020~24, 2017~19, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2010~12 ★ Top since 1998 ★ |
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◆ Reporters Without Borders (RSF) , 2023-12-13: Taiwan is a country that suffers from one of the lowest trust rates in the media among democracies (28%) and where the media community is often criticised for disregarding journalism ethics... journalists suffer from a very polarised media environment dominated by sensationalism and the pursuit of profit at the expense of quality news reporting.
★ US Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices
released at 2023-3-20
(state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/taiwan/):
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In 2020 presidential and legislative elections,
there were allegations of vote buying by candidates and
supporters of both major political parties.
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In the year to May, 21 high-ranking officials, 38
mid-level, 83 low-level, and 18 elected officials were indicted for corruption.
♦ Defamation and public humiliation are criminal
offenses. Reporters faced the threat of legal action under the liberal libel
laws.
♦ Migrant fishermen reported abuses by senior crewmembers, including beatings,
withholding of food and water, retention of identity documents, wage deductions,
and noncontractual compulsory sharing of vessel operational costs. These abuses
were particularly prevalent in Taiwan’s large distant-waters fishing fleet,
which operated without adequate oversight. Foreign workers were often
reluctant to report employer abuses for fear the employer would terminate their
contract, subjecting them to possible deportation and leaving them unable to pay
off debts to recruiters.Foreign workers generally faced exploitation and incurred significant debt
burdens during the recruitment process due to excessive brokerage fees,
guarantee deposits, and high charges for flights and accommodations. Brokerage
agencies often required workers to take out loans for “training” and other fees
at local branches of Taiwan banks in their home countries at high interest
rates, leaving workers vulnerable to debt bondage. NGOs suggested authorities
should seek further international cooperation with labor-exporting countries,
particularly on oversight of transnational labor brokers.Foreign fishermen were commonly subjected to mistreatment and poor working
conditions. Fishermen working on Taiwan-flagged vessels operating beyond
Taiwan’s territorial waters (the distant-waters fishing fleet) were not afforded
the same labor rights, wages, insurance, and pensions as those recruited to work
within Taiwan’s territorial waters.
Employers are subject to civil but not criminal charges when their
employees are involved in fatal accidents due to unsafe working conditions.
In 2021, 18.9 percent identified violations, primarily in
sectors including wholesale and retail, logistics and transportation,
accommodation, and food services.
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Employers, however,
reportedly used tactics such as increasing the number of workers employed so the
50 percent threshold could not be met. Trade unions also reported the use of
antiunion tactics to intimidate workers and activists. The right to strike remained highly restricted. Teachers, civil servants, and
defense industry employees do not have the right to strike. Workers in
industries such as utilities, hospital services, and telecommunication-service
providers are allowed to strike only if they maintain basic services during the
strike. Authorities may prohibit, limit, or break up a strike during a disaster.
♦ A rise in the number of reports of child
sexual exploitation cases from 1,060 in 2018 to 1,879 in 2021.
NGOs raised concerns about online sexual exploitation of children: they
reported sex offenders increasingly used cell phones, web cameras, live
streaming, apps, and other new technologies to deceive and coerce underage girls
and boys into sexual activity. The NGOs called for increased prosecutions and
heavier penalties. Reporting of child sexual exploitation online to the Ministry
of Health and Welfare increased steadily in recent years
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Many survivors did not report rape for fear of social stigmatization, and NGOs
and academic studies estimated the total number of sexual assaults was seven to
10 times higher than the number reported to police. Some abused women chose not
to report incidents to police due to social pressure not to disgrace their
families. Number of cases of sexual harassment
41 percent increase over the previous year.
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Taiwan journalists reported difficulty publishing
content critical of the PRC, alleging
that PRC authorities had pressured Taiwan businesses with operations in the PRC...
★ US State Government
2023 trafficking in persons report /
Dr. Joseph Nye ( a former dean of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and a former assistant secretary of defense, a deputy assistant secretary of state ) said in a speech under the theme of "Taiwan's Soft Power" at Dec. 8, 2010 that :“The answer is as long as Taiwan stands for democracy and human rights, that will be impossible ( the Americans make a deal and sell out Taiwan forsomething that they want from China) in American political culture.”
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★ Global Times, 2022-12-19: There are forces on the island who are mentally controlling the Taiwan people...
Mind Control, electromagnetic attacks in Taiwan |
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surveillance in Europe
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surveillance in the
U.S. Freedom House (2019) : At the very least, social media surveillance must come under greater oversight. The use of such programs must be transparent... The survival of democracy requires vibrant public spaces, both offline and online, where individuals can... without fear of constant surveillance. Washington DC based Epic.org: The unchecked expansion of surveillance systems is one of the greatest threats to privacy and civil liberties. Abuses of surveillance technology are not only unjust, they're dangerous.
The concerns in the US or Europe are basically about people’s emails, online chats, internet browsing histories, and information about social media activity or face analysis in public spaces, etc
As for mind control, and electromagnetic attacks the civilians in Taiwan, those are not only violation of Privacy Act (Taiwan does not have a Privacy Act ), but also committing serious crimes.
However,
Till now, Taiwan Intel. still refuse to declassify and open persecution files of 50 years ago, are they willing to open to the public what they did in recent years (if any) ?
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Oversight ★ Can Taiwan make it ?
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