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Free Burma protest in Taipei 
19 June is Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday and an international day of action for the people of Burma. The Taiwan Free Burma Network (台灣自由緬甸網絡) organised a protest outside the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei. Members of the Burmese community and other groups also took part.
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Last night I attended a screening of the documentary The Forbidden Team. It was organised by Amnesty International (國際特赦組織) in Taipei. The film is about the Tibetan national football team and their efforts to play their first international match against Greenland in Denmark in 2001. 
The film details the formation of the team from the [...]

I attended the 2008 World Summit of Indigenous Cultures (全球原住民文化會議) in Taipei over the weekend. The conference included speeches, musical performances and an open space forum. Indigenous people from The Philippines, Canada and the USA attended as well as many indigenous people from Taiwan and academics and researchers. 

On Saturday night there was a welcome banquet [...]

A 49 hour hunger strike for Tibet began at 3pm this afternoon at Freedom Square (自由廣場). Approximately 12 people will participate in the hunger strike which will finish at 4pm on Sunday afternoon. 

Chou Mei-li (周美麗) the President of Taiwan Friends of Tibet addressed the media at the start of the hunger strike. Following this the [...]

Members of the Tibetan community in Taiwan are currently holding a round the clock vigil for Tibet at Freedom Square (自由廣場) in Taipei. I took the photo above yesterday afternoon. Later in the evening I passed by again and a much larger group was present and chanting "Om Mani Padme Hum".  

A group from the [...]

A candlelight vigil for Tibet was held at Freedom Square (自由廣場) in Taipei tonight. The event was organised by the Taiwan Friends of Tibet and the Tibet Religious Foundation of HH the Dalai Lama (representative office of the Tibetan Government-in-exile in Taipei). 

I only found out about the event in the afternoon, but was able to [...]

A march to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising was held in Taipei today. The march was organised by the Taiwan Friends of Tibet. Several hundred people including members of the local Tibetan community and supporters of Tibet gathered at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. From there they marched through the streets of Taipei [...]

I arrived at 228 Peace Park just as Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) was finishing his speech. I then watched on as Vice-President Annette Lu and President Chen Shui-bian gave their speeches. As they both spoke in Hoklo Taiwanese I didn't understand what they said. The Taipei Times gives a good summary of Chen's speech. 
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