Taipei Times
Date: May 29, 2015
By: Lii Wen / Staff reporter
Several women’s advocacy groups are urging the public to boycott the Chinese-
Tainan residents whose houses are facing forced expropriation to make room for a railroad project protest outside Democratic Progressive Party headquarters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) in protest against several articles that they said espoused discriminatory views against women.
Controversy raged following a recent spat between the Liberty Times and former TVBS news anchor Lee Yen-chiou (李艷秋), with Lee accusing the newspaper of using sexually offensive content to launch personal attacks against her.
The Liberty Times issued an official apology to Lee on Friday last week, but the women’s rights advocates said the apology lacked sincerity.
Led by the Taiwan Coalition Against Violence, several women’s groups yesterday filed a report against the Liberty Times with the Executive Yuan’s Gender Equality Committee, following a wave of criticism against the newspaper over the past week. [FULL STORY]
