The Liberal International, a global alliance of liberal and progressive democratic political parties, yesterday unanimously passed a resolution proposed by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Fan Yun (范雲) to condemn China’s transnational repression against Taiwanese.
The motion was passed on the first day of the Liberal International’s 209th Executive Committee Meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
Fan, who is the Liberal International’s vice president and attending on behalf of the DPP, proposed an emergency resolution to support DPP Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) and counter transnational repression.
China’s Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau late last month listed Shen as “wanted” for crimes of “separatism” for promoting “Taiwanese independence.”
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On Nov. 9, the state-run China Central Television aired a segment which suggested that Interpol should pursue Shen.
The meeting in The Hague gathered nearly 170 representatives of liberal parties and democracy advocates from 48 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia, Fan said.
All representatives supported her motion of “countering transnational repression,” she said, adding that what is more important is that another representative motioned to change the wording from “transnational repression” to “transnational repression by the People’s Republic of China’s on Taiwanese nationals,” explicitly pointing out China’s threat toward Taiwan.
The eight points in the resolution include: condemning ongoing transnational repression by China, urging all member parties and governments to strengthen their laws to protect people from such transnational repression, and calling all members to counter China’s political coercion aimed to silence Taiwanese.
The resolution also includes supporting Taiwan’s democratic resilience and its important role as a partner defending global democratic values, and encouraging the development of international mechanisms to monitor, prevent and respond to transnational repression.
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