Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-12-04
Taiwan’s National Human Rights Museum is set to open in May of next year. That was the word from the head of the museum’s preparatory office, Chen Jun-hong, on Monday.
The museum will be located inside a pre-existing building in what is currently called the Jingmei Human Rights Cultural Park in Taipei. That building was previously used to hold political prisoners.
In an interview with RTI, Chen spoke about legislation governing the museum’s organization, which passed in November. Under the draft bill, the Jingmei Human Rights Cultural Park and the Green Island Human Rights Cultural Park will together be renamed the White Terror Memorial Park. That’s in memory of the era of White Terror, which saw the death and imprisonment of many political prisoners between 1949 and 1991. [FULL STORY]