This past December, the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found that Japanese authorities breached the rights of two Greenpeace activists who had uncovered corruption in the Japanese whaling program.
Junichi Sato
, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, due to begin on February 15th, the Working Group found the two anti-whaling activists were acting in the public interest as they worked to expose criminal embezzlement within the Japanese taxpayer-funded whaling industry.
Toru Suzuki
There’s been a worldwide outcry over the apparent persecution of these two. Legal experts (including Supreme Court advocates), international human rights and advocacy groups such as Amnesty International and Transparency International have been outspoken in their criticism of these proceedings.
Known for their often flamboyantly dramatic protests for animal rights around the world, in the case of Japanese whaling, Greenpeace has preferred to let the Sea Shepherds take the lead in preventing Japanese whalers from killing their annual “quota” of “whales in the name of ersatz “research”. Holding to their principles of non-violence, Greenpeace has been working behind the scenes to bring about an end to what many consider to be an illegal whaling practice by Japanese whalers.
Many eyes will now be focused on Japan and this trial. Will it make a difference to help stop the whaling? Perhaps it will raise awareness with the Japanese public which, in itself, could be a determining factor.
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