DELIVERING DEMANDS: The White Rose Social Care Association said that it is tired of judges who are not in touch with the public ‘playing with the justice system’
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 26, 2018
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Activist groups yesterday joined the White Rose Social Care Association to stage a sit-in
Members of the White Rose Social Care Association protest lenient rulings in sexual harassment cases outside the Judicial Yuan in Taipei yesterday. The banner reads: “Provide us with a safe environment.” Photo: Huang Hsin-po, Taipei Times
at the Judicial Yuan, to protest the ruling in a sexual harassment case involving a court judge, and deliver a petition with three key demands for reform in the judiciary.
About 60 activists sat in the plaza in front of the Judicial Yuan, holding up banners with slogans. Each protester held a white rose, a symbol of innocence and purity that was adopted in the original 2010 White Rose Movement, after the courts handed down lenient sentences in two cases involving the rape of underage girls and sparked widespread public anger.
At the peaceful sit-in, the protesters shouted: “Justice is dead” and “Refuse dinosaur judges,” which in Taiwan refers to judges who are regarded as outdated and often give rulings contrary to the public’s expectations. [FULL STORY]
