Hundreds join NYC march for Taiwan

AGAINST REPRESSION: This year’s rally voiced support for the democracy activists in Hong Kong, while Hong Kongers as well as Uighurs showed their support for Taiwan

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 09, 2019
By: Chris Fuchs  /  Contributing reporter in NEW YORK

Hundreds of Taiwanese expatriates and others marched in the Manhattan borough of New York City

on Saturday to call attention to Taiwan’s exclusion from the UN and Beijing’s efforts to further shrink the nation’s space in the international community.

“From the systematic repression against the Uighur Muslims and the stifling of freedoms in Tibet, to the backsliding of human rights in Hong Kong and the blatant lies of ‘one country, two systems,’ we are here to say — enough,” Keep Taiwan Free director and event co-organizer Jenny Wang (汪采羿) told the crowd.

This year’s UN For Taiwan/Keep Taiwan Free rally, an annual New York City event that has been held for more than two decades, emphasized solidarity among groups targeted by the Chinese government and comes amid Hong Kong’s worst political crisis in decades.

Members of NY4HK — New Yorkers Supporting Hong Kong — and other Hong Kongers were among those taking part in Saturday’s march.    [FULL  STORY]