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Greenpeace demonstration for the release of whale activists held in Japan
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Date:
Monday, June 30, 2008
Time:
12:30 PM
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1:30 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
Ben Smith
Location Details:
Japanese Consulate, 50 Fremont St, San Francisco, CA (between Market St. and Mission St.)
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.
Greenpeace 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.
Details of the dossier and background story can be found at: http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/whale-meat-scandal-dossier.pdf
Since 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.
Greenpeace 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.
Details of the dossier and background story can be found at: http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/whale-meat-scandal-dossier.pdf
Since 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.
For more information:
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/outrage...
Added to the calendar on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 4:13PM
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It Takes a Thief to Catch a Thief Says Greenpeace
Two Greenpeace Activists Arrested for Mail Theft
The Greenpeace Foundation has no problem with condemning Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for saving whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, citing our tactics as unsupportable.
According to Greenpeace, the tossing of stink bombs onto the deck of a Japanese whaling vessel to prevent the killing of whales is “violent” and thus unacceptable.
Sea Shepherd has never injured anyone in our entire history, and even more relevant is that no Sea Shepherd crewmember or activist has ever been convicted of a felony. We uphold the laws, we don’t break them.
But apparently, Greenpeace has no problem committing felonies in support of its campaigns.
Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki of Greenpeace Japan have been arrested for breaking into the premises of a trucking company and charged with stealing property that was in the process of being shipped.
Both men have confessed they did so.
This is essentially tampering with the mail, and it is a felony in addition to breaking and entering.
The property was whale meat that Greenpeace alleges was stolen from the Nisshin Maru by crewmembers for personal gain. Greenpeace is justifying this theft because they needed to get evidence on a crime being committed by a Nisshin Maru crewmember.
Greenpeace issued a media release accusing the crewmember and other Nisshin Maru crewmembers of theft of whale meat from the whaling company.
“This is very strange,” said Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of Sea Shepherd. “Greenpeace breaks and enters and steals property in order to secure evidence of theft by crewmembers from a criminal whaling company. The question is why?”
All of the whale meat taken from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is illegally obtained. The crime is in the killing of the whales, yet Greenpeace condemns Sea Shepherd for trying to uphold international conservation law by physically intervening to protect the whales.
Follow the link for the rest of the story by SSCS.
Two Greenpeace Activists Arrested for Mail Theft
The Greenpeace Foundation has no problem with condemning Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for saving whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, citing our tactics as unsupportable.
According to Greenpeace, the tossing of stink bombs onto the deck of a Japanese whaling vessel to prevent the killing of whales is “violent” and thus unacceptable.
Sea Shepherd has never injured anyone in our entire history, and even more relevant is that no Sea Shepherd crewmember or activist has ever been convicted of a felony. We uphold the laws, we don’t break them.
But apparently, Greenpeace has no problem committing felonies in support of its campaigns.
Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki of Greenpeace Japan have been arrested for breaking into the premises of a trucking company and charged with stealing property that was in the process of being shipped.
Both men have confessed they did so.
This is essentially tampering with the mail, and it is a felony in addition to breaking and entering.
The property was whale meat that Greenpeace alleges was stolen from the Nisshin Maru by crewmembers for personal gain. Greenpeace is justifying this theft because they needed to get evidence on a crime being committed by a Nisshin Maru crewmember.
Greenpeace issued a media release accusing the crewmember and other Nisshin Maru crewmembers of theft of whale meat from the whaling company.
“This is very strange,” said Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of Sea Shepherd. “Greenpeace breaks and enters and steals property in order to secure evidence of theft by crewmembers from a criminal whaling company. The question is why?”
All of the whale meat taken from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is illegally obtained. The crime is in the killing of the whales, yet Greenpeace condemns Sea Shepherd for trying to uphold international conservation law by physically intervening to protect the whales.
Follow the link for the rest of the story by SSCS.
For more information:
http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_0806...
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