Articles in English
In matters in respect of claims of damages between the petitioners and Formosa Plastics Corporation, Ltd., et al. the petitioners filed an interlocutory re-appeal against the Ruling of Taiwan High Court of March 16, 2020 (Appeal No. 1466 Ruling of 2020), the Court’s ruling is as the following:
U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal announced on Friday that he has officially adopted Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Van Hoa, an RFA contributor jailed for seven years in Vietnam, as a prisoner of conscience under the Defending Freedoms Project …
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Taipei, April 17 (CNA) Local civil groups have decided to continue their pursuit of compensation on behalf of Vietnamese from a Taiwanese company for polluting their homeland after a district court found that Taiwanese courts did not have jurisdiction in the case. Members of the groups, including the Vietnamese migrant workers’ office of the Catholic…
The Formosa Ha Tinh Steel case (hereinafter refers to as the FHS case) was overruled by the High Court on March 20 on the grounds that Taiwan has no jurisdiction, and the original ruling is, therefore, sustained.
Ladies and Gentlemen, On March 20, 2020, the Higher Court of Taiwan dismissed a lawsuit filed by 7,875 victims of an environmental disaster caused by Ha Tinh Steel Formosa Corporation. The victims have been grieved and disappointed by the district and higher courts’ decision to not hear the case against the Formosa Group for their…
After efforts to take the group to court in Vietnam met with government intervention, the fishers brought their case to Taiwan , hoping to receive justice… the district court had accepted NT$1.2 million (US$39,234) in payment for the case, but on Wednesday dismissed the suit on grounds that it had no jurisdiction over it…
Tổ chức Liên Đoàn Quốc Tế Nhân Quyền Thay Mặt cho Hội Công Lý Cho Nạn Nhân Formosa và Các Tổ chức tranh đấu cho Nhân Quyền trên thế giới gửi Thỉnh Nguyện Thư Khẩn Cấp tới tòa Thượng Thẩm Đài Loan và nhà nước Cộng sản Việt Nam:
* Đòi công lý, bồi thường thỏa đáng cho nạn nhân
* Làm sạch vùng biển bị ô nhiễm tại 4 tỉnh miền Trung VN.
* Thả vô điều kiện và lập tức các tù nhân lương tâm.
THE DECISION of the Taipei District Court in mid-October to dismiss a lawsuit filed by close to 8,000 Vietnamese fishermen against Taiwanese company Formosa Plastics claim proves an appalling move where Taiwan’s international human rights record is concerned.
Opportunities for local employment have been hampered by environmental disaster.
Sandwiched between thin sandy beaches and herds of buffalo wallowing in rice paddies, the smoking chimneys of the Formosa Steel plant dominate this small corner of Ha Tinh province.
The steel mill, owned by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics, was blamed by Hanoi in 2016 for causing one of Vietnam’s worst environmental disasters when a chemical leak poisoned coastal waters, unleashing widespread protests and damaging livelihoods.
Công-lý cho Nạn-nhân Formosa 