Jury Subpoena (Invitation) from the World Citizens' Tribunal on Fukushima Evacuate Children Lawsuit

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January 30, 2012

An Emergent Appeal about
the Fukushima 1^st Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Dear friends

Please forgive my rudeness, suddenly E-mailing to you (for the first time, or after a very long absence). I am a resident in Kohriyama, the city of 300,000 inhabitants, located approximately 60km west of the ground zero in the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Since March 11, 2011, I have been struggling, on the principle of non-violent disobedience armed with Twitter and blogs, “Nuclear Power is a Child of Atomic Bomb”, to seek and disperse information about health and other risks caused by the nuclear tragedy to break down the walls of secrecy that lie “democratic” Japan everywhere.

I joined the “Fukushima Evacuate Children Lawsuit” group when 14 Kohriyama municipal elementary and junior high school kids petitioned Koriyama branch of Fukushima District Court to suspend the implementation of educational activities in radiation-related dangerous places on June 26, 2011.

Although attorneys for kids made their best to prove dangers of the current radiation exposure to human lives, bodies and health, the court judges made the decision, “the petition is rejected”, telling that “the impact on the probability of late-onset disorders such as cancer when receiving a radiation dose less than ‘100mSv’ has not been empirically confirmed”, “though obligees claim that radiation dose accumulated since the occurrence of the Fukushima nuclear accident also should be considered, the actual past exposures can not be prevented in their nature with this petition” and so on.

While, dissatisfied of course, 10 out of 14 children had an immediate appeal to the Sendai High Court, we, the Fukushima Evacuate Children Lawsuit group, decided and is now preparing to host rallies of the World Citizens’ Tribunal in two cities, Tokyo on February 26 and Kohriyama on March 17.

And, I would like to humbly request you to join us in those rallies. Of course, you need not dare to visit Tokyo or Kohriyama, because the tribunals are broadcasted worldwide online with simultaneous interpretation service. All you need is just E-mailing us your message together with your bio.

For instance, Noam Chomsky has kindly submitted the following message about support to the Fukushima Evacuate Children Lawsuit;

On 2012/01/12, at 11:50, Noam Chomsky wrote:

It is a privilege to be able to lend personal support to the Fukushima Evacuate Children Lawsuit.

There is no better measure of the moral health of a society than how it treats the most vulnerable people within it, and none or more vulnerable, or more precious, than children who are the victims of unconscionable actions.

For Japan, and for all of us, this is a test that we must not fail.

Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Ooe among many others also is going to submit his own message, or even to attend at least one of the rallies.

For the further detailed information, please refer to the following;

Court documents (excerpt)

・Application for a provisional disposition (24 June 2011)
・A Statement of Facts by Katsuma Yagasaki, Emeritus Professor at the Ryukyu University (8 September 2011)
・The map about radioactive contamination (2 December 2011)
・The Court Judgment (16 December 2011)

Announcement by the "Fukushima Evacuate Children Lawsuit Group". Twelve angry citizens decide to hold an "World Citizens' Tribunal" to save the children in Fukushima as their lives are at urgent risk.

As for Tokyo Citizens’ Tribunal rally, refer to a preliminary announcement:

http://besobernow-yuima.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html

Tokyo “WORLD CITIZENS’ TRIBUNAL” Feb. 26
Hosted by “Fukushima Evacuate Children Lawsuit” Group

Thanking you and wishing your sound health,

Yours

Toshio Inoue

Blogs: "Be Sober Now!"
http://besobernow.blogspot.com/

"Newclear Power is a Child of Atomic Bomb"
http://besobernow-yuima.blogspot.com/
Twitter: ＠yuima21c　
http://twitter.com/#!/yuima21c
"Fukushima Evacuate Children Lawsuit"
http://fukusima-sokai.blogspot.com/

Postscript:

Please also read the following message from Toshio Yanagihara, attorney;

Request of support to the World Citizens' Tribunal

Please excuse this sudden email. I am Toshio Yanagihara, a lawyer representing "Fukushima Save Children Lawsuit Group" in Japan.

We will organize the citizens' tribunals in Tokyo and Fukushima on February 26 and March 17 with the support by the concerned people around the world in order to save the children of Fukushima whose lives and health are at imminent risk as described in the "Announcement of the World Citizens' Tribune" HP listed below.  

In these tribunals we hope to make a proper justice by citizens of the world.

I would therefore wish to ask you a support by expressing your approval for these tribunals and by expressing your comment after watching these tribunals through Internet relay.

I would be very much honored if you could consider this urgent request.

Yours Truly

Toshio Yanagihara

 "Announcement of the World Citizens' Tribune" Home Page:
http://fukusima-sokai.blogspot.com/2012/01/announcement-by-fukushima-evacuate.html




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