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The U.S. House speaker heard Hong Kong, Tibetan and Uyghur rights concerns at a forum in Taipei.

The drills were prompted by a visit to the island by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

Taipei, Aug. 3 (CNA) Human rights and pro-democracy activists from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China met with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi during her visit Wednesday afternoon to Taiwan's National Human Rights Museum.

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday met with democracy advocates Wuer Kaixi, Lee Ming-che (李明哲) and Lam Wing-kei (林榮基) at the Jingmei White Terror Memorial Park in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店). Pelosi entered the museum at 2:40pm yesterday while officers from the New Taipei City Police Department’s Special Police Corps remained outside to guard the site. Lee, who works for a Taiwanese non-governmental organization and was released from priso...

By Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerUS House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday met with democracy advocates Wuer Kaixi, Lee Ming-che （李明哲） and Lam Wing-kei （林榮基） at the Jingmei White Terror Memorial Park in New Taipei City’s Sindian District （新店）.

Pelosi arrived at a military base in South Korea on Wednesday evening ahead of meetings with political leaders in Seoul, after which she will visit Japan. Both countries are U.S. alliance partners, together hosting about 80,000 American personnel as a bulwark against North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and China’s increased assertiveness in the South China and East China seas.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Taipei, July 12 (CNA) Taiwan and France signed a joint declaration outlining the willingness of the two countries to work together to promote human rights globally Tuesday.

Taiwan has launched its first-ever study of institutional sexual assault cases against children and teens, with the aim of tackling the issue more effectively and reducing such crimes, Control Yuan President Chen Chu (陳菊) said yesterday. “To understand the structural factors of the problem, the National Human Rights Commission of the Control Yuan has begun a campaign to discover the reasons for these offenses,” Chen said at a news conference alongside Control Yuan members Chang Chu-fang ...

Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Taiwan has launched its first-ever study of institutional sexual assault cases against children and teens, with the aim of tackling the issue more effectively and reducing these crimes, Control Yuan President Chen Chu (陳菊) said on Monday.