Taiwan: Sirayas Ask For Rightful Recognition

Taiwan: Sirayas Ask For Rightful Recognition   Reported by Lin Yi-ying   Written by Lydia Ma   To safeguard their rights as natives of Taiwan, Siraya Indigenous filed a complaint with Taipei High Administrative Court on March 8, 2011, to voice their displeasure that the Executive Yuan’s Council of Indigenous Peoples had refused to acknowledge Sirayas as Indigenous and consequently infringed on their rights as native people.   On July 7, 2011, as the high court examined and debated over the...

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