[Fwd: Re: Regarding rights abuses]

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Subject:	Re: Regarding rights abuses
Date:	Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:16:49 -0400
From:	Online Desk <online@purdueexponent.org>
To:	rdca25@gmail.com
CC:	Zoe Hayes <editor@purdueexponent.org>
References:	<4BAC9204.3020602@gmail.com>

Hello Mr. Canio,

I have forwarded your comments to our editor-in-chief. This email is primarily for online/web questions & comments.

Thank You,

Jim Miller - Online Editor

http://www.purdueexponent.org/ 

On Mar 26, 2010, at 6:52 AM, rdca25@gmail.com wrote:

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Dear Editors,

I have reported to Purdue University officials human rights abuses at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan. Though I have sent several emails, with full documentation, thus far I have not received what I would consider an adequate response.
    As you know Purdue has long-standing academic exchanges with NCKU. As an American citizen I don't believe an American university should maintain academic exchanges with a university that has, with apparent impunity, a documented history of human rights violations.
    I don't think university exchanges should be based solely on economic interests, but on academic and human rights principles. If you as concerned students, citizens, and journalists are interested in this issue, please inform me and I will submit necessary documentation. Not only will you help to expose this case, but also insure American (and other foreign) faculty are treated equitably in the future.

    Sincerely,

    Richard de Canio
    Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
    National Cheng Kung University
    Tainan, Taiwan

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From Purdue University [Fwd: RE: Human Rights] July 24 2009

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Subject:	RE: Human Rights
Date:	Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:37:50 -0400
From:	President <president@purdue.edu>
To:	<rdca25@gmail.com>
CC:	President <president@purdue.edu>
References:	<200907150226.n6F2Qmfe031781@isgweb02.itap.purdue.edu>

Dear Professor Canio,

Thank you for your email.

Although I empathize with you, this institution is not in the position to comment on your statements.

Sincerely,

Cliff Wojtalewicz

Executive Assistant to the President

Purdue University

From: rdca25@gmail.com [mailto:rdca25@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:27 PM
To: President
Subject: Contact President Cordova

Subject: Human Rights
Comment: Dear Dr. France A. Cordova, I am teaching at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan Taiwan, which has academic exchanges with your university. This university has been involved in numerous human rights abuses over the years that it has refused to remedy or even apologize for. These include illegal dismissals, the denial of due process, defying legal rulings and directives from the Ministry of Education, and claiming foreign faculty do not have the rights of native faculty. The university even claimed foreign faculty had no right to appeal after it participated in an appeal and lost! A university should not be allowed to maintain academic exchanges with an American university if it does not respect human rights and principles of human rights (remedy, apology, compensation). Please inform me what my options are or what your university is willing to do on behalf of the rights of Americans at this university. Thank you. Professor Richard de Canio
Email: rdca25@gmail.com