Political Developments in Taiwan: Hearing and Markup Before the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on H. Con. Res. 129, May 31, 1984U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 - 163 pages |
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Page 70 - This guarantee is generally observed in practice. Most Taiwan inhabitants adhere to Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, animism, or a combination of these beliefs. Other religions include Christianity and Islam. There is no state or favored religion. Some marginal Buddhist sects and the Unification Church have been banned in response to parents' complaints that these groups were exercising a corrupting influence on Taiwan youth.
Page 70 - Section 3 Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government...
Page 24 - In time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation and the existence of which is officially proclaimed, the States Parties to the present Covenant may take measures derogating from their obligations under the present Covenant to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation...
Page 43 - Good government obtains, when those who are near are made happy, and those who are far off are attracted.
Page 65 - Political evolution has occurred on Taiwan, but it has not kept pace with economic development. Human rights are publicly endorsed but incompletely realized. Although tolerated, opposition activity is restricted. The expression and publication of political views are controlled, and opposition activities are monitored, both at home and abroad. The confrontation over the issue of press freedom that flared in 1984, when proliferating opposition publications printed a rash of articles on traditionally...
Page 66 - RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Section 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From: a. Political and Other Extrajudicial Killing Members of the security forces, both the military and police, committed extrajudicial killings.
Page 67 - Individuals arrested by security services do not have the right to have a lawyer present during interrogation. Furthermore, they do not have the right to legal counsel until after they have been formally indicted. Other revisions enacted in July 1982 augment police powers, permitting the police legally to arrest without a warrant anyone they suspect of committing a crime for which the punishment would be five years or more in prison. Police power was further increased to allow police to call in suspects...
Page 70 - supplementary elections' have been held to choose additional representatives from Taiwan province and the off-shore islands (which are considered part of Fukien province). Nevertheless, only 1,036 out of 2,691 seats of the National Assembly are currently filled, including 75 supplemental members.
Page 73 - ... Taiwan's total population. There is no official policy of discrimination against them, but the barriers created by de facto cultural and economic discrimination are frequently difficult to surmount; thus aboriginal "mountain people" occupy the bottom rungs of Taiwan's socioeconomic ladder.