'#Taiwan knows how it feels when someone tries to take away your rights, delete your identity, and challenge your way of life. So we stand with those who were oppressed and whose religious rights were taken away by authoritarian regimes. We support 💪 #ReligiousFreedom.' -- President Tsai Ing wen.
President Tsai stated that Taiwan's commitment to serve as a beacon of #freedom and #democracy in the #IndoPacific region will not waver, at 'A Civil Society Dialogue on Securing Religious Freedom in the Indo-Pacific Region' in #Taipei today.
「#臺灣 深刻瞭解權利被剝奪、身分被抹煞以及生活方式遭受挑戰的感受，所以我們選擇與受專制政權壓迫、被剝奪 #宗教自由 的人民站在一起！」
蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen總統的致詞，為今天的 #印太地區保衛宗教自由公民社會對話 揭開序幕，同時也向世界喊話📣，臺灣堅守作為印太地區 #民主 #自由 燈塔的承諾，不會改變‼️
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#沒有自由的宗教
#無法傳愛
“A Civil Society Dialogue on Securing Religious Freedom in the Indo-Pacific Region,” co-hosted by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Roundtable, and the IRF Secretariat, opened today in Taipei. The event is also sponsored and supported by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Department of State.
President Tsai Ing-wen, TFD Chairman Su Jia-chyuan, Deputy Foreign Minister Hsu Szu-chien, and AIT Director William Brent Christensen delivered the opening remarks for the opening ceremony and special guest U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Samuel D. Brownback gave a keynote speech.
The opening ceremony for “A Civil Society Dialogue on Securing Religious Freedom in the Indo-Pacific Region” brought together over 200 local and international guests, with 80 participants from over 10 countries, including Burma, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, the United States, Vietnam, to exchange experiences and discuss ideas on how to further consolidate religious liberty.
Special guests included IRF Roundtable Chairman Gregory Mitchell, Uyghur Human Rights Project Chairman Nury Turkel, Campaign for Uyghurs Executive Director Rushan Abbas, H.H. the Dalai Lama Representative Dawa Tsering, Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan Chairperson Tashi Tsering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of China Studies Timothy Grose, and representatives from the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, The General Association of Chinese Taoism Chairman Rogen Hou, and the Taipei Grand Mosque Foundation, among others.
