PROGRESSIVE:Saying that Iranian laws tolerate discrimination against women, the Nobel Peace Prize winner praised Taiwan’s development in women’s rights
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 18, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Taiwan should continue to protect its freedom of expression while commemorating late
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi talks to reporters during a meeting with lawmakers and human rights advocates yesterday at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times
Nobel Peace Prize-winning Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (劉曉波) with a memorial day to support democracy and human rights, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said yesterday.
Democracy is thriving in Taiwan, with a high level of freedom of speech and human rights protection, but China has “killed” one of its most respected dissidents, Ebadi said during a meeting with lawmakers and human rights advocates in the legislature yesterday.
“In my opinion, China is a killer, a murderer” for ignoring the medical needs of cancer-stricken Liu, which led to his death on Thursday, Ebadi said.
There are many political prisoners in Iran and other non-democratic nations who suffer the same fate, Ebadi said, calling on Taiwan to remember Liu’s death with a memorial day and commemorative ceremonies to honor his struggle against authoritarianism.
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