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Youtube: Human rights in Japan reagrding Fukushima radiation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbwjhXtAg0I   Report on the “Learn from Chernobyl” tour in Japan  Nov 25, 2012 Ms. Kazuko Kawai, Founder of Voices for Lively Spring HD, 30 min 26 sec, in English with Japanese subtitles

~How to protect the right to health and life of citizens from radiological contamination after the nuclear accident in Fukushima?~

WHAT: A Japan-based human rights organization and a grass-root
organization will speak about how the lives and health of local
citizens were affected by the nuclear accident in Fukushima.
discusses current issues and concerns regarding the healthcare system as
well as health exams that are provided to children in affected areas,
and how civil societies could support and protect right to health and
life of citizens from radiological contamination after a nuclear
disaster. A Q&A session will follow after presentations.

WHERE: Bahai International Community United Nations Office
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York, NY 10017

WHEN: Friday, November 16, 2012, 12-2PM
WHO: Ms. Kazko Kawai, Voices for Lively Spring, Japan; Mari Inoue,
Esq., Human Rights Now.
BACKGROUND: After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in March 2011,
local communities in Japan continue to be exposed to radioactivity.
Many citizens still live in areas where the radiation level is
dangerously high. The Japanese government continues to keep its
citizens in harms’ way by applying a 20mSv per year standard to
establish evacuation zone. There are serious concerns on children’s
health in affected areas. However, sufficient health investigation or
health exams are not conducted in contaminated areas, and the right of
access to medical treatment as well as the right to know about one’s
own body has been seriously denied……

November 27, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual