Free-speech activist Cheng Nan-jung, founder of Freedom Era Weekly magazine, self-immolated right before police could arrest him for sedition on April 7, 1989. His death sparked nationwide protests against political persecution. Thirty-seven years later, the country honors his death and legacy with Freedom of Speech Day.

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