Taipei Times
Date: Dec 03, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
A parade is to be held in Kaohsiung on Saturday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the
Taiwan Friends Association director Huang Kun-hu speaks at an event in Tainan on Sept. 14.
Photo: Wu Chun-feng, Taipei Times
Sacrifices by people who fought for democracy, freedom and human rights in Taiwan must not be forgotten, Taiwan Friends Association director Huang Kun-hu (黃崑虎) told reporters in Taipei.
The incident started when the pro-democracy Formosa Magazine (美麗島雜誌) held a demonstration commemorating International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, 1979, in Kaohsiung, calling on the then-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government to respect human rights and demanding democracy.
Within hours, the protesters were surrounded by scores of military police, while prominent leaders of the democracy movement were arrested. Several of them later went on to become leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). [FULL STORY]
