The Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team is planning to have a demonstration on February 23, 2013 in Shinjuku Tokyo. We claim that the direct action taken by ordinary citizens is a very important factor for the court to consider evacuation of the children.

Historically speaking, as the Chernobyl disaster contaminated a vast areas of Belarus, the civil protests in 1989 by the ordinary parents pushed the Belarusian government to undertake the Recuperation Projects on a national basis.

 

Even thought our government is not willing to reflect the voices of the citizens on their policies, citizens still must shape the public’s opinion by showing the authority what democracy ought to deliver. No matter what they do or do not offer us, we cannot fall into the siilent majority because the future of the children is in our hands. 

 

Toshio Yanagihara  The Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team

By tokyobrowntabby

A rally and demonstration to demand Koriyama City to evacuate children was held on October 15, 2011 in Koriyama City in Fukushima Prefecture. Roughly 500 people participated in it.

The first speaker at the rally in this video is Mr. Toshio Yanagihara, attorney of the plaintiff.

The second speaker is Mr. Taro Yamada, an actor, but recently more well-known as an anti-nuke activist.

The third speaker is Ms. Chie Ito, an evacuee from Koriyama City to Tokyo.

The fourth speaker is Ms. Sadami Watabe, from Independent Living Center in Tamura City.

The original video by OurPlanet-TV (http://www.ourplanet-tv.org/?q=node/287).

Translation and captioning by tokyobrowntabby.