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A photography exhibition on the Holocaust, which opened at the Control Yuan yesterday, focuses on the harm of racial discrimination and the importance of defending human rights, the National Human Rights Commission has said. One of a series of events being held by the commission ahead of Human Rights Day on Friday, the exhibition — titled “Shoah: How was it humanly possible?” — features 18 images reproduced from the photograph collection of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, about the genocide of European Jews from 1933 to 1945. Speaking about the motivation behind the...

Taipei, Dec. 4 (CNA) Taiwan will take constant action to protect its democracy, freedom and human rights, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said at a ceremony marking this year's Human Rights Day Saturday.

Taiwan will consistently take action to protect its democracy, freedom and human rights, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday at a ceremony marking Human Rights Day, which is on Friday. Accompanied by Control Yuan President Chen Chu (陳菊) and Minister of Culture Lee Yung-te (李永得), Tsai attended the ceremony, which was organized by the National Human Rights Museum at Jingmei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店). “Taiwan will never forget the lessons learned from our authoritarian past,” Tsai said. Taiwan would take me...

Taipei, Nov. 30 (CNA) Securing the rights of migrant fishermen, described as the backbone of Taiwan's distant-water fishing fleet, is the most pressing issue facing the country's fisheries industry, the head of the government's top oversight body said Tuesday.

Almost 80 percent of Taiwan, an island of 23 million off the coast of China, is expected to head to the polls November 29 to vote in local elections with more than 11,000 seats up for grabs. Voters will choose candidates ranging from mayors in Taiwan's six biggest cities to low-level village chiefs and township councilors, who make up the bulk of the vacancies.But the