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Taiwan: Release Wang Guang-Lu

Taiwan has tried to position itself as a champion of indigenous rights in recent years.

(LONDON) - I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human rights defender and Freelance journalist. I would like to draw your attention to the following case.

Wang Guang-Lu (Tama Talum), a 56- year old man of the indigenous Bunun tribe of Taiwan, began a 3 and a half year prison sentence on December 15, 2015, as punishment for hunting. His 94-year-old mother had asked him to give her some game meat.

Taiwan: Stop Violent Crackdown against Peaceful Protesters

We have also received reports that peaceful and unarmed protesters, as well as journalists, have been beaten by the police during the crackdown, resulting in scores injured.

(WASHINGTON DC) - We express particular concern over the Taiwanese police’s deployment of water cannons and use of violence, including in forcibly dragging and manhandling Protesters out of the government headquarters building where they were protesting on 23 and 24 March 2014.

We have also received reports that peaceful and unarmed Protesters, as well as journalists, have been beaten by the police during the crackdown, resulting in scores injured. We deplore the heavy-handed action of the police in dispersing the Protesters as well as the arrests of dozens of Protesters.