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Report lauds Taiwan for Muslim rights

Taiwan has made “significant” progress in improving rights for Muslims, the US Department of State said on Friday in its International Religious Freedom report for last year.

The report cited the Chinese-Muslim Association as saying: The “authorities were making significant progress in improving rights for Muslims,” such as by increasing the number of restaurants and hotels that cater to Muslims’ dietary requirements and establishing prayer rooms for them.

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Police besieged by Hong Kong demonstrators


Protesters gather outside police headquarters in Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: AP

Thousands of protesters yesterday evening blockaded the Hong Kong police headquarters, demanding the resignation of the territory’s pro-Beijing leader and the release of demonstrators arrested during Hong Kong’s worst political crisis in decades.

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President Tsai Ing-wen, right, yesterday meets Aboriginal protesters on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei to listen to their opinions after she issued a formal government apology to the nation’s Aborigines on Monday.
Photo: CNA

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday unexpectedly visited a group of Aboriginal rights activists staging a protest on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, personally answering their questions and promising to help Aborigines to “be themselves.”