The Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park () is a

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History

The building used to serve as a

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school from 1957 to 1967. It later housed military courts and a detention center called the Jingmei Military Detention Center () for political dissidents during the

White Terror White Terror is the name of several episodes of mass violence in history, carried out against anarchists, communists, socialists, liberals, revolutionaries, or other opponents by conservative or nationalist groups. It is sometimes contrasted wit ...

period. Former prisoners in the detention center include

Annette Lu Annette Lu Hsiu-lien (; born 7 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. A feminist active in the tangwai movement, she joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1990, and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992. Subsequently, she served as Ta ...

Chen Chu Chen Chu or Kiku Chen (; born 10 June 1950) is the current President of the Control Yuan and Chair of the National Human Rights Commission. Before assuming her current post, Chen had served as Secretary-General to the President from 2018 t ...

and

Shih Ming-teh Shih Ming-teh (; born 15 January 1941) commonly known as Nori Shih, is a statesman and human rights defender in Taiwan and was once a political prisoner for 25-and-a-half years. Arrested at the age of 21 in 1962 and charged with creating the " ...

. In 1991, the center was closed. In 2007, the center was turned into a human rights memorial and museum featuring Taiwan's democracy movement at the suggestion of Vice President

. In early April 2009, the

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changed the name of the site to Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park. In 2018, the ownership has moved to the

National Human Rights Museum The National Human Rights Museum is a national museum of Taiwan (Republic of China) with locations in New Taipei City (Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park) and Green Island (Green Island White Terror Memorial Park). The museum was established on ...

established in the same year, who changed the name of the site to its current name Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park.

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance north west from

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Tsai touts achievements in human rights, justice
Taipei Times
KMT's Chiang visits human rights park
Taipei Times
EDITORIAL: KMT's whitewashing not forgotten
Taipei Times 2007 establishments in Taiwan Museums in New Taipei White Terror (Taiwan) Memorial parks in Taiwan {{Taiwan-struct-stub

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