http://blog.roodo.com/hansentaiwan/archives/4138073.html/ zh-tw Roodo Blog System All Rights Reserved http://www.flickr.com/photos/coolloud/sets/72157610602658083 It is to be regretted that we must announce to the world this message at this moment. Today, Taiwan Health Ministry Director, Yeh Chin-chuan(葉金川), has promised the Taipei mass rapid transit(MRT) company will help to relation(eviction) all the left residents in Lo-Sheng Sanatorium, which was built in 1930, is the only government-run leprosy institution in Taiwan,R.O.C. This morning, December 3, it can be said that there were almost 500 polices began to force to evict the left residents who denied to move out there houses, and here are over 200 Solidarities there. People sited together on floor to against evictions. The two sides deadlocked for 1 hour to exhaust all efforts, but finally all the Solidarities were arrested by ˙700 polices and send into the security vehicle to faraway. At the end, the left residents , about 40 persons, had been eviction to another area at the top edge of the hill slope angle at Lo Sheng . The Taipei MRT company made Residents and the left 25 monuments buildings was surrounded by layers of barbed wire, as well as the rapid transit bulldozers began to dismantle 6 monuments buildings in plan. An old man with a weak voice, he said, "We see the fence surrounded by bulldozers and barbed wire, I thought we had just been arrested in 1949 into Lo-Sheng Sanatorium, at that time, here was also full isolation by barbed wire, bullets. After 60 years, today we face the similar situation." We must painfully announced to the world, Taiwan Hansens'human rights, patients the right to campaign, has been plunged into the dark cold winter. Nevertheless, the solidarities expressed, we do not have the right to feel grief, human rights and the preservation of historical monuments struggle for HD ex-patient s's will continue, we will urge the Government to remove the fence, let residents can come back their house, and the government will designated to become historical monuments as soon as possible. Hope the evictions like this happened in Lo-Sheng Sanatorium today will never happen again in other places all over the world because of the reasons for economic development. We discovered that some kinds of those segregation sites once arrested Tens of thousands or even over millions of leprosy patients and their families inside there like Concentration camps, even more early than Nazi's concentration camps, which UNESCO have designated to be the World Heritage for educating the next generations. The president in IDEA Taiwan, Le Ten-Pei, who are ex-patient in Lo-Sheng said "Eventually we will appeal to UNESCO, ICOMOS, pleas help the world HD ex-patient’s and their families who were isolated in segregated islands, villages, Sanatoriums,isolation Hospitals, etc from 1889 to 1945 till now for a long time and this places have been like their homeland but recently residents here always face evictions by their countries for economics development need. we need to summon the world cared about the Hansen’s disease people in community's residents and the family member rights and interests foreign friends stand up together.It should be designated to be World Heritage in order to protect the human rights and interests of ex-patients and their families. Wish it's possible at the same time offer for educating the next generations to know the histories happened before all over the world to avoid once again. We need you help and assistance: 1. Please immediately send the protest statement to Culture Center of Taipei Economic & Culture Representative Office in your countries, and send the transcription to us. 2. Please dispatch international observers or reporters to Taiwan. 3. Please keep contact with us. III. CONTACT PERSONS: IDEA Taiwan office International coordinator： Lai, Tse-Chun Soda Masato Tel：+886_968464099 Tel/Fax +886_86775887 Address： Lo-Sheng Sanatorium 796 Jhong jheng Road Sin jhuang City,Taipei County, Taiwan http://blog.roodo.com/hansentaiwan/archives/2884935.html Solidarité Internationale pour la Défense de Lo-sheng- 楽生院を救え！国際連帯 - 搶救樂生國際鬥陣]]> http://blog.roodo.com/hansentaiwan/archives/4138073.html http://blog.roodo.com/hansentaiwan/archives/4138073.html#comment-18248171 idea.taiwan@gmail.com(idea.taiwan@gmail.com) 文章回應 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:34:19 +0800