TAIPEI (Reuters) - Hundreds packed into a park in central Taipei on Saturday for a Black Lives Matter protest, with a group of indigenous Taiwanese given prominent billing to draw attention to discrimination against the island's original inhabitants.
The rally, attended by more than 500 people, mostly foreigners, was peaceful with only a very light police presence.
Savungaz Valincinan, an ethnic Bunun from central Taiwan, took to the stage to detail the difficult past of indigenous Taiwanese, who make up less than 3% of the island's population, and call for broad opposition to any form of discrimination. "We don't want any special treatment. What we want are the most basic rights that we deserve as human beings," she said to loud applause.
While Taiwan has made huge strides in recent years to protect indigenous people's culture and languages and ensure they are treated fairly, many still complain of ingrained prejudice.
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