Student Protest at Fu Jen University Escalates into a Hunger Strike

Students swear to maintain a hunger strike at a university in Taiwan

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments Fujen Catholic University, gender equality, student protests

The president of a student union at Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei City swore on a string of rosary beads to immediately begin, and maintain a hunger strike until school authorities commit to improving regulations governing the supervision of female students in school dormitories. Students have been protesting against a curfew on female students entering the dormitories between 12:00am and 6:30am. No such restrictions are placed on residents of the male dormitories. Protesters today argued that the regulations

students climbing over the collapsed barrier to enter the square in front of the MOE

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July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment black box student movement, curriculum changes, Ministry of Education, student protests, taipei, Taiwan

Student protesters broke though police barriers last night and occupied the square at the Ministry of Education. Students rocked the barrier back and forth as the chanted for the Minister of Education to step down. The steel and razor-wire barrier was pushed down at an angle and the protesters then laid cardboard and other materials over the razor-wire so they could clamber over it. The protests against the Ministry of Education’s politicized, China-centric changes to the curriculum, intensified after a