樂生長征北市府 Loshen walk to Taipei City Hall

令人心碎的十年反迫遷 樂生尚存人權未絕 搬上國際！https://www.facebook.com/RevNews
Loshen walk to Taipei City Hall 樂生長征北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241903
Loshen sleepover@Taipei City Hall 樂生夜宿北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241905
How Loshen Petitioners Got into Taipei City Hall? 樂生陳情八人入北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241823

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The Anti-Eviction of Loshen People ‪#‎Taipei‬ ‪#‎Taiwan‬ still struggling after 10 long years!

Loshen walk to Taipei City Hall 樂生長征北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241903
Loshen sleepover@Taipei City Hall 樂生夜宿北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241905
How Loshen Petitioners Got into Taipei City Hall? 樂生陳情八人入北市府 https://www.peopo.org/news/241823

Losheng Sanatorium (Chinese: 樂生療養院; pinyin: Lèshēng Liáoyǎngyuàn) is a hospital for lepers, which is located inXinzhuang District, New Taipei City (formerly Taipei County), Taiwan. Losheng means "happy life". It was constructed in the 1930s during the Japanese colonial period. At present there has been heated debates and protests about the plans to replace Losheng Sanatorium with a MRT(Mass Rapid Transport) depot.

Long before the depot construction was initiated, Loshen’s ex-director and history professionals have demanded a large-scale inspection of Losheng’s position as a historical site. The scholars appealed to the MRT Department that they should spare the Losheng Sanatorium, while they unanimously agreed the entire site should be preserved. However, the officials unilaterally terminated the process of inspection, and decided the Sanatorium should be torn down entirely.

But the plan was altered by local politicians. It has been asserted that this is wrong for the following reasons:

-Waste of money: 3/5 of the depot site needs to be built on flatland; therefore $90 million (USD) will be spent on flattening and improving the soil.

-Disaster for the environment: After flattening the mountain, a ten-story retaining wall will remain, destroying the natural environment.

-Safety concern: The future depot will be situated upon earth faults.

-Ravaged historical site: The Losheng Sanatorium is an important cultural asset for people in East Asia. The depot construction will turn it all into dust.

-Ordeal for patients: The patients are forced to leave the place they spent their lives, suffering mentally and physically from the displacement.

-Autocratic decision-making: The MRT Department never inquired the needs of Losheng patients—the ‘residents’ of the site—which is a violation of fundamental human rights.

It was also argued that the Losheng Sanatorium should be an accredited World Heritage site. It has witnessed the inhumane treatment (such as discrimination and compulsory quarantine) of the lepers, who had undergone 70 years of government oppression.

2014/05/06 樂生保留自救會青年樂生聯盟→北市府 0508徒步行動

在我們的強烈要求之下，衛福部在5/6召開人權小組委員會，討論主恩舍院民遭到迫遷的嚴重問題。在院民憤怒詢問之下，原本一直都宣稱「為了修理房舍才要求院民暫時搬遷」的捷運局，竟然在簡報過程中表示，「雖然施工造成天花板掉落，但院舍安全無虞」，邏輯自相矛盾，與原本的說法毫不相符，又發言指出「院民本來就應該要配合工程」，也暴露長久以來，捷運局將院民當作必須配合工程遷移、可以隨意搬動的物品，罔顧強制搬遷對老年病患的身心傷害。

在今日的會議中，人權委員會主席、台大醫師陳耀昌，出面要求捷運局簽署承諾「未來機廠工程安全無虞、不會再以安全為由要求院民搬遷」，卻遭到捷運局悍然拒絕。一個花費近百億經費的公共工程，主管機關竟然無法保證鄰房結構安全，放任院民每日生活在恐懼當中。

十年來，樂生院民就只想要原屋續住、安養天年，這麼簡單的心願，卻遲遲無法實現，我們所在的台灣社會，究竟是一個怎麼樣的社會？這讓我們感到深深疑惑。在新莊捷運已經全線通車的今日，我們決定沿線步行，向台北市政府表達最嚴正的抗議！