Welcome to the Amnesty International Taipei blog

Welcome the blog of the Amnesty International Taipei English Speaking Group.

You can also keep in touch via our group at Facebook and check Amnesty International Taiwan’s website (mostly in Chinese). You can contact the group by sending an e-mail to taiwanaie[at]gmail.com. Notifications of our regular meetings and other events are posted on this blog.

Next meeting: 19 November 2009

The next meeting is at 7:30pm on Thursday 5 November 2009. Everyone is welcome to attend and share information about or discuss any human rights topic. David will also give a briefing on Roger Hood’s talk about the death penalty and last week’s meeting with Renate from Germany.

The meeting is on the 10th floor at No. 2 Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 1, Taipei City. It is very close to Taipei Main Station. There is a page with a Google map showing the location.

Worldwide perspectives on the death penalty

Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟) is hosting a speech by Roger Hood on the topic “Progress and Prospects for World-wide Abolition” in Taipei on 16 November 2009. Details are available in Chinese on the TAEDP blog. For those who can’t read Chinese I will translate the details here.

Time: Monday 16 November 2009 7:00-9:30pm
Address: Wenhua University, No. 127 Yanping South Road, Taipei City 文化大學大新官B1圖形演講廳B101 (臺北市延平南路127號)
Contact: hjcxlt [at] gmail.com :: 02 2709 8983

If you want to attend the talk it will be in English with simultaneous translation to Mandarin. You need to register in advance using this online form. Again the form is in Chinese. If you need help registering send an e-mail to taiwanaie [at] gmail.com.

Next meeting: 5 November 2009

The next meeting is at 7:30pm on Thursday 5 November 2009. Everyone is welcome to attend and share information about or discuss any human rights topic.

The meeting is on the 10th floor at No. 2 Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 1, Taipei City. It is very close to Taipei Main Station. There is a page with a Google map showing the location.

Next meeting: 15 October 2009

The next meeting is at 7:30pm on Thursday 15 October 2009. Everyone is welcome to attend and share information about or discuss any human rights topic.

The meeting is on the 10th floor at No. 2 Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 1, Taipei City.  It is very close to Taipei Main Station. There is a page with a Google map showing the location.

Burma VJ screening

Burma VJ, a documentary about the 2007 Saffron Revolution in Burma, will have a special screening in Taipei on Tuesday 29 September. The event is jointly organised by the Amnesty International English Speaking Group and the Taiwan Free Burma Network (TFBN). Entry is free and tea, coffee and snacks will be provided.

Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Youth Hub (青年交流中心)
Address: 1F., No.31, Sec. 1, Zhongxiao E. Rd. (台北市中正區忠孝東路一段31號) Exit 6 of Shandao Temple MRT Station (善導寺捷運站地6出口)

Details of the event are also on Facebook. TFBN is also holding further screenings on university campuses around Taiwan in October. Details here.

Next meeting: 23 September 2009

The next meeting is at 7:30pm on Wednesday 23 September 2009. We will talk about human rights issues in Indonesia. Everyone is asked to bring an article or some information to share on this topic. There will also be new editions of the WIRE magazine. We will plan for the Burma VJ screening on 29 September.

The meeting is on the 10th floor at No. 2 Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 1, Taipei City.  It is very close to Taipei Main Station. There is a page with a Google map showing the location.

Next meeting: 9 September 2009

The next meeting is at 7:30pm on Wednesday 9 September 2009. We will talk about human rights issues in the Philippines. Everyone is asked to bring an article or some information to share on this topic.

The meeting is on the 10th floor at No. 2 Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 1, Taipei City.  It is very close to Taipei Main Station. There is a page with a Google map showing the location.

Next meeting: 26 August 2009

The next meeting of the Amnesty International Taipei English Speaking Group is at 7:30pm on Wednesday26 August 2009. The activity for this meeting will be watching a documentary about Burma and/or letter writing. (Please note: Meeting planned for 19 August has been postponed to 26 August).

The meeting is on the 10th floor at No. 2 Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 1, Taipei City.  It is very close to Taipei Main Station. There is a page with a Google map showing the location.

Next meeting: 5 August 2009

The next meeting of the Amnesty International Taipei English Speaking Group is at 7:30pm on Wednesday 5 August 2009. David will give a presentation on “Green Island and White Terror” looking at the stories of political prisoners on Green Island in the 1950s and 1960s.

The meeting is on the 10th floor at No. 2 Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 1, Taipei City.  It is very close to Taipei Main Station. There is a page with a Google map showing the location.

Where is Ebrima?

At the meeting on 15 July the group took photos as part of the international campaign for Gambian journalist Ebrima B. Manneh who is a prisoner of conscience. More information on Ebrima’s case is available here or in this pdf file.

As part of the campaign calling for Ebrima’s release Amnesty International is asking people to upload photos of themselves holding a sign saying “Where is Ebrima?” Photos can be found in the Where is Ebrima? group at flickr. Amnesty International will present the photos to Gambian authorities.