GENEVA SESSION:Huang Yi-bee and Chiu Ee-ling appeared before the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to tell it about Lee Ming-che
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 15, 2017
By: Abraham Gerber / Staff reporter
Taiwanese rights campaigners on Wednesday testified before the UN Human Rights
Taiwan Association for Human Rights secretary-general Chiu Ee-ling, left, and Covenants Watch chief executive Huang Yi-bee display their visitor permits at the UN Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Photo: courtesy of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights
Council’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances about China’s detention and trial of human rights advocate Lee Ming-che (李明哲).
The Working Group meets three times a year and its latest session began on Monday. Its primary task is “to assist families in determining the fate or whereabouts of their family members who have disappeared,” and the first three days of each session are devoted to meetings with family members of missing people as well as representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or governments.
Despite concerns that Republic of China (ROC) passport holders would be barred from the UN’s Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, during the session, Covenants Watch chief executive officer Huang Yi-bee (黃怡碧) and Taiwan Association for Human Rights secretary-general Chiu Ee-ling (邱伊翎) had no problem entering the building.
Huang and Chiu presented Lee’s case to the Working Group. [FULL STORY]
