Pre-Event Press Release | Unidentifiable: Seven Years Since the March 24 Violent Dispersal at the Executive Yuan - Taichung Opening Press Conference
Last edited: 2026-08-30
At 1:00 p.m. on September 25, the opening press conference for "Unidentifiable: Seven Years Since the March 24 Violent Dispersal at the Executive Yuan" will be held at the JRF Taichung Office (No. 845, Sec. 2, Taiwan Blvd., Xitun Dist., Taichung City).
➤ Press conference livestream: https://youtu.be/2Kz0Foq5ZTk
The exhibition draws on materials accumulated by the pro bono legal team over seven years of litigation. The documents, photographs, and videos preserved through those proceedings are themselves an important part of the historical record. With the consent of the attorneys who reviewed the case files and the people involved, the curatorial team carefully de-identified and organized the materials and transformed them into an exhibition using artistic and cultural forms.
Taichung Feature 1: Audio Guides Throughout the Exhibition and Dedicated Tours for Groups
The Taichung edition includes more exhibits than the Taipei edition. Pro bono attorneys and partner organizations working with the Taichung Office also helped record an audio guide covering the entire exhibition. The lawyers and community partners who recorded those guides during the pandemic will speak at the press conference and become the first group of visitors. The exhibition materials preserve the history created by the people involved and the pro bono legal team through seven years of litigation; their voices will guide visitors into the scenes where state violence occurred.
➤ Individuals may reserve a visit, and groups of five or more may request a dedicated guided tour. Each time slot is limited to 20 visitors.
➤ The exhibition spans three floors and includes audio guidance throughout, allowing visitors to maintain social distance as they move through the space.
Taichung Feature 2: Connecting the Exhibition with Civic and Rule-of-Law Education and Passing On Historical Memory
About 1,200 people visited the Taipei exhibition over seven days. Feedback forms showed that more than sixty percent of respondents had not participated in the March 24 events and had been only junior- or senior-high-school students at the time. One civics teacher brought high-school students, who cried while watching footage of the dispersal because they could not believe the scenes had actually occurred in Taiwan. Other parents brought children only three or four years old and explained the story panel by panel. After the exhibition forum "Scabs of March 24-Where We Are Seven Years Later," a student who had been in junior high school in 2014 thanked the people who took part in the movement and the litigation for enduring their own pain in exchange for the freer society enjoyed by the student's generation. For that reason, the Taichung edition places particular emphasis on cooperation with schools and includes learning-portfolio worksheets, with the hope that more high-school students and teachers will learn about and remember the March 24 violent dispersal at the Executive Yuan.
➤ Learning-portfolio worksheets are available. High-school groups are especially welcome to visit and learn about this important chapter in Taiwan's democracy and rule of law.
➤ In-person events and online lectures will be introduced throughout the exhibition, with topics ranging from law to policing and from Taiwan to Hong Kong and Myanmar.
Seven years after the March 24 violent dispersal at the Executive Yuan, no police officer who used violence has been held accountable and no senior police official has taken responsibility. The curatorial team therefore hopes not only to remind society of what happened in the early hours of that day, but also to preserve a record and offer some gentleness and comfort to everyone who has stayed involved along the way.
Members of the media are warmly invited to cover the press conference, and everyone who cares about democracy and the rule of law in Taiwan is welcome to reserve a visit.
✹ Press Conference Program
Moderator: Li Ming-Ju (Staff Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation)
13:00-13:05 Opening - Screening of the Taipei Exhibition Documentary
13:05-13:10 Guest Remarks - Lin Chih-Chung (Board Member, Judicial Reform Foundation)
13:10-13:15 Guest Remarks - Chen Mei-Hui (Exhibition Curator)
13:15-13:20 Guest Remarks - Wang Yen (Attorney)
13:20-13:25 Guest Remarks - Pan Kuan (Participant)
13:25-13:30 Guest Remarks - Chen Yen-Han (Director, Taiwan GDi Association)
13:30-13:35 Guest Remarks - Hsu Yuan-Ya (Director, Haomin Cultural Action Association)
13:35-13:40 Group Photo and Signing of the Entrance Banner
13:40-14:00 Free Viewing of the Exhibition
✹ Attendees
Lin Chih-Chung (Board Member, Judicial Reform Foundation)
Hsiao I-Min (Office Director, Judicial Reform Foundation)
Li Ming-Ju (Staff Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation)
Chen Mei-Hui (Director, Organization and Advocacy Department, Judicial Reform Foundation)
Wang Chen-Yun (Deputy Director, JRF Taichung Office)
Chang Hua-Che (Legal Specialist, Judicial Reform Foundation)
Hsieh Chia-Chen (Advocacy Specialist, Judicial Reform Foundation)
Chen Yen-Han (Director, Taiwan GDi Association)
Hsu Yuan-Ya (Director, Haomin Cultural Action Association)
Hsu I-Chieh (Program Coordinator, Humanistic Education Foundation Taichung Office)
Chen Chih-Hao ("Lao Dan," Match Café)
Wang Yen (Attorney)
Pan Kuan (Participant)
Providence University Legal Service Club
✹ Exhibition Dates
September 23, 2021 (Thu.)-November 27, 2021 (Sat.)
✹ Hours
Open: Tuesday-Friday, 13:30-20:00; Saturday, 11:00-17:00
Closed: Sundays and Mondays; National Day long weekend, October 9-11
✹ Location
Judicial Reform Foundation Taichung Office
✹ Online Reservation Required
➤ Exhibition reservations: https://www.jrf.org.tw/articles/2118
Following the lowering of Taiwan's COVID-19 alert level and the corresponding relaxation of restrictions, the exhibition uses online reservations to manage visitor flow and total capacity and to maintain appropriate social distancing. No waitlist or walk-in registration is available.
➤ Lecture series: https://www.jrf.org.tw/articles/2049
✹ Co-organizers
Match Café
Humanistic Education Foundation, Taichung Office
Taiwan Association for Human Rights
Taiwan Youth Association for Democracy
Association of Taiwanese Professors
Taiwan Forever Association
Haomin Cultural Action Association
Good Warmth Taiwan Youth Foundation
Action San-Jian-Hua
Plain Law Movement
Taiwan GDi Association
✹ Contact
Advocacy Specialist, JRF Taichung Office
Hsieh Chia-Chen - (04) 2329-2372 ext. 11
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