White Terror in Taiwan

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The White Terror in Taiwan was a decades-long period of martial law and political repression during which the Kuomintang-led government persecuted, imprisoned, and executed tens of thousands of perceived dissidents and opponents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human rights violation
period of martial law
political repression campaign
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of China–administered territories
linked to: Republic of China

Taiwan Province of the Republic of China
commemoratedBy February 28 Peace Memorial Day
Green Island White Terror Memorial Park
Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park
National Human Rights Museum (Taiwan)
country Taiwan
endCause lifting of martial law on 15 July 1987
political liberalization under Chiang Ching-kuo
pressure for democratic reforms in Taiwan
endTime 1987
estimatedNumberOfExecuted between 3,000 and 4,000
estimatedNumberOfImprisoned over 100,000
followedBy democratization of Taiwan
lifting of martial law in Taiwan
hasCause Chinese Civil War
Kuomintang–Chinese Communist Party conflict
linked to: Chinese Civil War

anti-communist campaign of the Kuomintang
imposition of martial law in Taiwan
hasEffect enforced disappearances
execution of political prisoners
imprisonment of political dissidents
political persecution
suppression of freedom of association
suppression of freedom of speech
widespread fear in Taiwanese society
hasLanguage Hakka
Mandarin Chinese
Taiwanese Hokkien
legalBasis Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion
martial law in Taiwan
location Republic of China (Taiwan)
linked to: Republic of China

Taiwan
linked to: Formosa
mainPerpetrator Bureau of Investigation of the Republic of China
Kuomintang
Republic of China government
linked to: Republic of China

Taiwan Garrison Command
military courts of the Republic of China
numberOfVictims tens of thousands
opposedBy Taiwanese democracy movement
dangwai movement
partOf Cold War anti-communist repression in East Asia
authoritarian rule in Taiwan
recognizedAs serious human rights abuses by the government of Taiwan
significantEvent 228 Incident aftermath
Kaohsiung Incident crackdown
execution of Lei Chen
mass arrests of alleged communists and Taiwan independence activists
military trials of political prisoners
startTime 1949
timePeriod Cold War era
mid-20th century
victim Mainlander opponents of the Kuomintang
Taiwan independence advocates
intellectuals and students
journalists
local Taiwanese elites
political dissidents
suspected communists

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Kuomintang significantEvent White Terror in Taiwan
White Terror in Taiwan significantEvent Kaohsiung Incident crackdown
linked to: White Terror in Taiwan
Taiwan Garrison Command associatedWithEvent White Terror in Taiwan
military courts of the Republic of China historicalPeriod White Terror period in Taiwan
linked to: White Terror in Taiwan
National Human Rights Museum (Taiwan) relatedTo White Terror political cases
linked to: White Terror in Taiwan
Green Island White Terror Memorial Park locatedInTimePeriod White Terror era in Taiwan
linked to: White Terror in Taiwan
Green Island White Terror Memorial Park category White Terror in Taiwan
Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park relatedEvent White Terror in Taiwan