Calling all the good citizens of the world
2013-02-19 17:07:34
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Calling all the good citizens of the world
Sign the following petition to stop the attack on the citizens in Japan by
the alliance of security police and the racist extremists.
We are organising the following petition, demanding the Japanese government
to stop crushing civil liberty in Japan.
Please read the following statement and to express your opposition to the
government suppression in Japan, please join our petition. Simply fill in the form or send us a
mail to the following address:
yonin_syomei@yahoo.co.jp
Please include in your mail:
Your name (required)
Your position (optional)
Your address is not required
Any further comment is welcome.
We will simply count the number of email petitions received. Your name,
address and any other information will not be disclosed on the internet or
exposed to the authorities.
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It is 22 years since Kim Hak-sun brought the issue of Japanese sex slavery
during Pacific War to the attention of the general public. At her press
conference in August 1991, she outlined the intense damage caused by the
Japanese military’s ‘comfort women’ system in Korea, and led the calls from
all over the world for the Japanese Government to make further
investigations into these crimes, for legal compensation to the victims,
and to revisit this sordid history based on honesty and the facts as they
happened.
Successive Japanese governments have continued to ignore these calls, and
influential politicians have repeatedly denied that these horrific crimes
against women even occurred.
In December 2012, the election of the Japanese lower house of parliament
resulted in a new cabinet, led by the Liberal Democratic Party’s Shinzo
Abe. Prime Minister Abe is one of the politicians who has frequently denied
the damaged caused by the officially instituted sex slavery system, and has
already proposed a review of the Kono Statement, a 1993 admission by the
government of the existence of the system during the war, as well as an
admission that Korean women were coerced into the system to ‘comfort’
Japanese soldiers.*
Reflecting this new mood at the head of government, Japanese authorities
have tightened their grip on those people that are willing to face up to
their nation’s past crimes, and seek justice for those Korean women that
were victims of a sordid system of sex slavery, implemented by the Japanese
Government.
One example of this ‘new mood’ occurred in Osaka on 23 September 2012, when
a citizens’ meeting was organised to listen in to Kim Bok-Ding, one of the
victims of the sex slavery system.
An extreme right wing group, calling for the abolition of ‘privileges’
given to the migrants from Korea, arrived at the meeting and attempted to
disrupt proceedings, but was repelled by the organisers. The extremists
took offence at being repelled from the meeting, even though they
instigated the disruption, and made a police report.
‘Section Three’ of the Osaka Prefectural Police, responsible for public
order, decided to make the most of this report, and concocted charges of
assault and battery. The police declared four citizens as suspects, and on
14 & 15 February 2013, carried out house searches at seven locations, on
the pretence of ‘seizing evidence’. As a result, these four may face
further prosecution.
The behaviour of these Prefectural Police is outrageous, unfair and
prejudicial. To begin with, the police officers were at the venue where the
allegations contained within the police report took place. Instead of
intervening when the extremists unleashed their attacks, police officers
stood by, allowing the violence against the organisers of the meeting to
continue.
On top of this, the allegations against the four suspects imply bodily harm
to the extremists that, according to eye witnesses, could not have
practically occurred.
Judging from the actions and oversight by the Osaka Prefectural Police,
Japanese authorities are intent on watering down or concealing historical
facts that have been criticised internationally, even facts that have
previously been admitted by the Japanese Government, and that there is an
intention to mobilise the police force to oppress people calling for
justice. Adding to this grave situation is the collusion between police
forces and radical right wing extremists.
There is also an underlying racist element throughout this sad, sorry saga.
One of the four suspects is an ethnic Korean Japanese, and is also a
veteran anti-nuclear campaigner. His active involvement in past civil
actions has drawn the attention of the security police and, on this
occasion, he has been charged on two offences, both of which are clear
police fabrications.
The police force and authorities are unfairly targeting citizen activists
such as this Korean resident. It is evident that the police are using
oppression in a extreme manner, as well as playing the ‘race card’ to
justify their unfair conduct and inactions.
We concerned citizens cannot accept such abuses of Japanese state power. We
condemn the series of conducts taken by the ‘Section Three’ of the Osaka
Prefectural Police.
We demand the Osaka District Public Prosecutors office to drop the case
against the accused four immediately.
*The Japanese Government released a statement in 1993 based on its
findings, admitting the existence of official sex slavery system in the
military during the war. It had admitted that Korean women were coerced
into the system to ‘comfort’ Japanese soldiers. It has been considered to
be the official position on the matter since. It is known as the Kono
Statement after Yohei Kono, the Chief Cabinet Secretary of the government
at the time, who delivered it in parliament.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organised by the people who will not allow the memory of the military sex
slavery to be forgotten.
Japanese version here!
Sign the following petition to stop the attack on the citizens in Japan by
the alliance of security police and the racist extremists.
We are organising the following petition, demanding the Japanese government
to stop crushing civil liberty in Japan.
Please read the following statement and to express your opposition to the
government suppression in Japan, please join our petition. Simply fill in the form or send us a
mail to the following address:
yonin_syomei@yahoo.co.jp
Please include in your mail:
Your name (required)
Your position (optional)
Your address is not required
Any further comment is welcome.
We will simply count the number of email petitions received. Your name,
address and any other information will not be disclosed on the internet or
exposed to the authorities.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
It is 22 years since Kim Hak-sun brought the issue of Japanese sex slavery
during Pacific War to the attention of the general public. At her press
conference in August 1991, she outlined the intense damage caused by the
Japanese military’s ‘comfort women’ system in Korea, and led the calls from
all over the world for the Japanese Government to make further
investigations into these crimes, for legal compensation to the victims,
and to revisit this sordid history based on honesty and the facts as they
happened.
Successive Japanese governments have continued to ignore these calls, and
influential politicians have repeatedly denied that these horrific crimes
against women even occurred.
In December 2012, the election of the Japanese lower house of parliament
resulted in a new cabinet, led by the Liberal Democratic Party’s Shinzo
Abe. Prime Minister Abe is one of the politicians who has frequently denied
the damaged caused by the officially instituted sex slavery system, and has
already proposed a review of the Kono Statement, a 1993 admission by the
government of the existence of the system during the war, as well as an
admission that Korean women were coerced into the system to ‘comfort’
Japanese soldiers.*
Reflecting this new mood at the head of government, Japanese authorities
have tightened their grip on those people that are willing to face up to
their nation’s past crimes, and seek justice for those Korean women that
were victims of a sordid system of sex slavery, implemented by the Japanese
Government.
One example of this ‘new mood’ occurred in Osaka on 23 September 2012, when
a citizens’ meeting was organised to listen in to Kim Bok-Ding, one of the
victims of the sex slavery system.
An extreme right wing group, calling for the abolition of ‘privileges’
given to the migrants from Korea, arrived at the meeting and attempted to
disrupt proceedings, but was repelled by the organisers. The extremists
took offence at being repelled from the meeting, even though they
instigated the disruption, and made a police report.
‘Section Three’ of the Osaka Prefectural Police, responsible for public
order, decided to make the most of this report, and concocted charges of
assault and battery. The police declared four citizens as suspects, and on
14 & 15 February 2013, carried out house searches at seven locations, on
the pretence of ‘seizing evidence’. As a result, these four may face
further prosecution.
The behaviour of these Prefectural Police is outrageous, unfair and
prejudicial. To begin with, the police officers were at the venue where the
allegations contained within the police report took place. Instead of
intervening when the extremists unleashed their attacks, police officers
stood by, allowing the violence against the organisers of the meeting to
continue.
On top of this, the allegations against the four suspects imply bodily harm
to the extremists that, according to eye witnesses, could not have
practically occurred.
Judging from the actions and oversight by the Osaka Prefectural Police,
Japanese authorities are intent on watering down or concealing historical
facts that have been criticised internationally, even facts that have
previously been admitted by the Japanese Government, and that there is an
intention to mobilise the police force to oppress people calling for
justice. Adding to this grave situation is the collusion between police
forces and radical right wing extremists.
There is also an underlying racist element throughout this sad, sorry saga.
One of the four suspects is an ethnic Korean Japanese, and is also a
veteran anti-nuclear campaigner. His active involvement in past civil
actions has drawn the attention of the security police and, on this
occasion, he has been charged on two offences, both of which are clear
police fabrications.
The police force and authorities are unfairly targeting citizen activists
such as this Korean resident. It is evident that the police are using
oppression in a extreme manner, as well as playing the ‘race card’ to
justify their unfair conduct and inactions.
We concerned citizens cannot accept such abuses of Japanese state power. We
condemn the series of conducts taken by the ‘Section Three’ of the Osaka
Prefectural Police.
We demand the Osaka District Public Prosecutors office to drop the case
against the accused four immediately.
*The Japanese Government released a statement in 1993 based on its
findings, admitting the existence of official sex slavery system in the
military during the war. It had admitted that Korean women were coerced
into the system to ‘comfort’ Japanese soldiers. It has been considered to
be the official position on the matter since. It is known as the Kono
Statement after Yohei Kono, the Chief Cabinet Secretary of the government
at the time, who delivered it in parliament.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organised by the people who will not allow the memory of the military sex
slavery to be forgotten.
Japanese version here!