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Taipei, Dec. 3 (CNA) The Taipei High Administrative Court has ordered a halt to the legal proceedings of a case in which a transgender woman has requested the gender on her ID card to be changed from male to female, and decided to apply for a constitutional interpretation on the issue.
President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) Double Ten National Day address was meant to highlight that the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan has been shaped by various forerunners, Academia Historica President Chen Yi-shen (陳儀深) said, after the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) accused Tsai of contravening the Constitution. In her speech on Oct. 10, Tsai said that “the Republic of China came to Taiwan in 1949, 72 years ago,” and called on people to adhere to four commitments. “Let us here renew with one another our enduring commitment to a free and democratic constitutional system, our c...
At an incredible cost, the National Assembly is again holding “public hearing” for a further amendment of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.
VA History Office Refugees crossing behind U.S. Army lines, circa 1862. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. The American Civil War began in April 1861 as a response to preserve the United States. Within a month, enslaved African Americans seeking shelter behind Union lines shifted the war’s objectives. Many U.S. Army leaders, such as Major General Benjamin Butler, were unwilling to return these individuals to their disloyal enslavers. Hoping to deny the Confederacy of its labor force, U.S. officials recognized these self-emancipated people and harbored them as “contraband of wa...
2021/05/20 12:32 Tama Talum. Tama Talum. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After a long, protracted legal battle, the Presidential Office on Thursday (May 20) issued a pardon to Bunun tribe member Tama Talum, citing the Constitution and the Amnesty Act (赦免法). On Thursday, Presidential Office Spokesperson Kolas Yotaka announced that in order to "express respect for the traditions of the Indigenous peoples," President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has issued a pardon to Tama in accordance with Article 40 of the Constitution...