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From: Richard John <rdca25@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Subject: Regarding the role the Department of Education can play in sanctions of human rights abuses at exchange universities
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From: Richard John <rdca25@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Subject: Regarding the role the Department of Education can play in sanctions of human rights abuses at exchange universities
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23 November 2011
Dear Department of Education,
I wish to inform you of long-standing human rights abuses at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) so federal or state funds will be allocated to universities that honor human rights and respect for American professors.
Although Taiwan's Ministry of Education (MOE) reversed my illegal dismissal, NCKU refused to enforce that ruling for nearly two and a half years, despite ten warning letters from the MOE spelling out human rights principles (attached).
Though NCKU participated in the appeal, and held its own bogus appeal hearings, once it lost it argued "foreigners" (I'm American) had no right to appeal. The university has refused to make a formal apology or remedy.
Instead, in March of this year, and despite court and MOE rulings (attached), the university whitewashed the illegal dismissal on its official web page, claiming I was "declined for employment renewal" and that "legal procedures were carefully observed." This was signed by current NCKU president, Hwung-Hweng Hwung. Yet the MOE plainly stated the dismissal was "not done through legal dismissal procedures" (attached).
A US Department of Education should not support academic exchanges with a university that has documented human rights abuses, particularly against an American professor.
NCKU faculty know of this case. They were protected by rights and laws when they matriculated or taught in our country. But they allow their administration to deny rights to American faculty in Taiwan. The English-language Taiwan press has ignored my numerous letters, though it's vocal about human rights abuses in Mainland China.
Perhaps terminating, suspending, or interdicting academic exchanges with NCKU is not an easy decision to make. But neither was exposing sex offenses at Penn State.
Sincerely,
Richard de Canio
Tainan, Taiwan
(886) (06) 237 8626
Dear Department of Education,
I wish to inform you of long-standing human rights abuses at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) so federal or state funds will be allocated to universities that honor human rights and respect for American professors.
Although Taiwan's Ministry of Education (MOE) reversed my illegal dismissal, NCKU refused to enforce that ruling for nearly two and a half years, despite ten warning letters from the MOE spelling out human rights principles (attached).
Though NCKU participated in the appeal, and held its own bogus appeal hearings, once it lost it argued "foreigners" (I'm American) had no right to appeal. The university has refused to make a formal apology or remedy.
Instead, in March of this year, and despite court and MOE rulings (attached), the university whitewashed the illegal dismissal on its official web page, claiming I was "declined for employment renewal" and that "legal procedures were carefully observed." This was signed by current NCKU president, Hwung-Hweng Hwung. Yet the MOE plainly stated the dismissal was "not done through legal dismissal procedures" (attached).
A US Department of Education should not support academic exchanges with a university that has documented human rights abuses, particularly against an American professor.
NCKU faculty know of this case. They were protected by rights and laws when they matriculated or taught in our country. But they allow their administration to deny rights to American faculty in Taiwan. The English-language Taiwan press has ignored my numerous letters, though it's vocal about human rights abuses in Mainland China.
Perhaps terminating, suspending, or interdicting academic exchanges with NCKU is not an easy decision to make. But neither was exposing sex offenses at Penn State.
Sincerely,
Richard de Canio
Tainan, Taiwan
(886) (06) 237 8626
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