Taiwan is the only country in Asia to be rated "open" in the "People Power
Under Attack 2023" report published by human rights non-government group
CIVICUS.

Taiwan is also the only Asian country to have received the top rating for
five consecutive years.

CIVICUS assess civic space in countries and territories using the aspects of
freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly.

Each country is then designated as "open," "narrowed," "obstructed,"
"repressed," or "closed."

The group's Asia Pacific region researcher Josef Benedict says people in
Taiwan are free to hold protests in public places and form associations...

and authorities are tolerant of criticism from civil society groups and
provide space and platforms for open and robust dialogue.

However, Benedict also says that despite the positive development, there is
still space for improvement in Taiwan on other issues.

These include the right to strike and defamation laws that could be used
against freedom of speech.