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DESCRIPTION:Greenpeace Japan  activists currently being help by the Japanese 
 authorities for exposing the scandal over stolen whale meat. On Monday, 
 June 30th at noon, our entire DC staff will going to the Japanese embassy 
 on Mass Ave. to show our support and we are inviting all of you to join us. 
 This event will be legal and peaceful with no props or other actions, just 
 a concerned group of Americans asking for their immediate 
 release.\n\nGreenpeace Japan staff members and activists Junichi Sato & 
 Toru Suzuki are being held without charge for exposing a stolen whale meat 
 scandal in Japan. Under Japanese law they can be held without charge for 23 
 days. After this time they must be charged or released. If they are 
 released, this does not necessarily mean the case will have been dropped - 
 they could be released on bail. Charges can still be brought under Japanese 
 law up to seven years after the initial investigation is begun. Junichi 
 Sato and Toru Suzuki were arrested on Friday June 20th during a 
 heavy-handed police operation involving raids on the Greenpeace office in 
 Japan and the homes of a number of Greenpeace staff. A number of weeks 
 earlier both had already offered to present themselves to police and had 
 submitted written statements describing how they obtained evidence of a 
 major whale meat theft scandal, including a box of whale meat, which had 
 been smuggled off the whaling factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, by crew 
 members, disguised as crew members' personal possessions.\n\nDetails of the 
 dossier and background story can be found at: 
 http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/whale-meat-scandal-dossier.pdf\nSince 
 their arrest there has been a politically motivated and manipulated media 
 backlash.  Confidential details of their statements to police made over a 
 month ago have been leaked to the press - while neither has been charged 
 with any crime. They and Greenpeace are being tried by the media, not by 
 the courts.\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/27/18511648.php
SUMMARY:Greenpeace demonstration for the release of whale activists held in Japan
LOCATION:Japanese Consulate, 50 Fremont St, San Francisco, CA (between Market St. 
 and Mission St.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/27/18511648.php
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