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Protesters' call echoed by Taiwanese civic groups | 2022-03-01 16:30:00

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) Close to a hundred people rallied outside the Russian representative office in downtown Taipei for a third time in the past five days Tuesday, urging Russia to call off its invasion and Taiwan to make donations to help the people of Ukraine.

/ Staff writer, with CNAAlmost 100 people rallied outside the Russian representative office in Taipei yesterday for a third time in the past five days, urging Moscow to call off its invasion of Ukraine and for Taiwan to make donations to help the Ukrainian people.

Almost 100 people rallied outside the Russian representative office in Taipei yesterday for a third time in the past five days, urging Moscow to call off its invasion of Ukraine and for Taiwan to make donations to help the Ukrainian people. Backed by a coalition of human rights groups, Ukrainians living in Taiwan highlighted allegations that the Russian military was committing human rights abuses by attacking hospitals and ambulances after it invaded Ukraine on Thursday last week. “We all know that our children are our future, so Ukrainian children, Ukraine’s future, at this moment are bei...

Solidarity and steadfastness. These qualities were evident among Ukrainians long before missiles began pulverizing their cities early Thursday morning. They were on display again on Friday and Saturday in Taipei’s Xinyi District (信義), where hundreds of people gathered outside the building housing the Russian representative office. Ukrainians were prominent among them. Some arrived in tears — on Friday, one young woman shook convulsively throughout, her bloodshot eyes betraying fatigue and distress. Many of those present had been up all night talking to friends and family. With each new...