White Terror in Taiwan

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human rights violation period of martial law political repression campaign

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kaohsiung Incident crackdown	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human rights violation ⓘ period of martial law ⓘ political repression campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China–administered territories Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: 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, Province of China ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Chinese Civil War ⓘ surface form: Kuomintang–Chinese Communist Party conflict 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 ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan) Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
mainPerpetrator	Bureau of Investigation of the Republic of China ⓘ Kuomintang ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China government 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 ⓘ White Terror in Taiwan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 → White Terror in Taiwan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaohsiung Incident crackdown