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Ma has failed to deliver on 228 pledge, critics say

Monday, 20 February 2012 08:44 Taipei Times
Taiwan 228 Care Association Secretary-General Chang Yen-hsian, left, Taiwan National Alliance Convener Yao Chia-wen, second left, and former 228 Justice Association, Taipei secretary-general Ouyang Wen, second right, listen as 228 Justice Association, Taipei Secretary-General Chen Yi-shen explain a series of events to take place on Feb. 28 at a press conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chien Rung-fong, Taipei Times

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has failed to deliver on his pledge to find the truth about the 228 Massacre and its perpetrators, civic groups and victims’ families said yesterday.

Civic groups plan to highlight Ma’s disappointing record on transitional justice in his first term with two marches to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the massacre, group representatives told a press conference.

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China detaining Tibetans returning from India: group

Saturday, 18 February 2012 08:45 Taipei Times

The Chinese government has detained several hundred Tibetans returning from India after attending teaching sessions overseen by the Dalai Lama and is forcing them to undergo political re-education, a human rights group said.

New York-based Human Rights Watch said it believed it was the first time since the late 1970s that the authorities had detained Tibetan laypeople in such large numbers and it comes as China frets about unrest in Tibetan parts of the country.

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The Government Information Office (GIO) has lodged a protest with the Venice Film Festival for labeling Seediq Bale (賽德克巴萊), which has been nominated for the Golden Lion award, a film made by “China, Taiwan” and demanded a correction.

Chu Wen-ching (朱文清), director of the GIO’s Motion Picture Affairs Department, said the protest was presented by the Taipei Representative Office in Italy on Friday.

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ARS Film Production (果子電影公司), the producer of the film, also wrote a letter to the festival organizer, asking it to correct the name of the country of production. ARS said the film was not funded by China and did not employ Chinese actors.