TAIPEI, Taiwan—China is pressuring countries to send citizens of Taiwan to mainland China, Madrid-based human rights group Safeguard Defenders said in its latest report. In doing so, the communist regime is undermining the self-ruled island’s sovereignty, the human rights group wrote in its Nov. 30 report titled “China’s Hunt for Taiwanese Overseas.” The Taiwanese nationals being targeted by the regime to deport or extradite to the mainland are those suspected of having committed crimes outside of Taiwan. Taiwanese crime suspects are hardly the only group of people the Chinese regime pursues “without hesitation” to violate international norms, according to the report. Other groups included Uyghur refugees, human rights defenders, and fleeing Hongkongers. However, the report pointed out the plight of the Taiwanese nationals has received far less attention, considering that over 600 citizens of Taiwan were extradited to China from around the world between 2016 and 2019. During that four-year …
Beijing Pressures Countries to Deport Taiwanese Nationals to China, Report Says
December 1, 2021
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