Disabled activists end subway protests after compromise with DPK
A disability rights advocacy group announced Monday it would completely halt its subway-riding protests, which have been frequently staged in Seoul to call for increased government spending for people with disabilities and their mobility rights. The announcement from the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) came after the group met with the ruling party members of the Seoul…
The disability rights advocacy group Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) announced on Monday that it would cease its subway-riding protests in Seoul. These protests had been held to demand increased government funding for people with disabilities and their mobility rights. The decision came after SADD met with the ruling party members of the Seoul Metropolitan Council and the Seoul chapter of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) to forge a "grand social compromise" aimed at ensuring the rights of people with disabilities.
In a resolution, SADD and the meeting participants pledged to continue standing in solidarity until an equal society was achieved where disability no longer acted as a barrier and where everyone could enjoy dignity beyond mere survival. The DPK further committed to passing two new ordinances during the upcoming Seoul city council plenary session to secure the mobility and labor rights of people with disabilities. In response to the DPK's decision, SADD declared it would fully suspend its subway protests.
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