Japan

Human Rights in JAPAN

Japan: Fear of imminent execution: Makino Tadashi (m)
1 October 2008

Death row prisoner Makino Tadashi has just had his latest appeal for clemency rejected on 30 September 2008, and is at imminent risk of execution. He was sentenced ...

Urgent Action       ASA 22/010/2008

Japan should adopt death penalty moratorium | Amnesty ...
15 September 2008

Three men were executed in Japan on Thursday 11 September 2008. Amnesty International hascalled for the government to immediately adopt a moratorium onexecutions ...

Story      

Japan: New executions emphasize need for death penalty moratorium ...
11 September 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 11 September 2008. AI Index No: ASA 22/008/2008. Japan: New executions emphasize need for death ...

Document       ASA 22/008/2008

Japan must respect rights of detained Greenpeace activists ...
15 July 2008

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the primeminister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists,Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, ...

Story      

Japan: Environmental activists must be treated in accordance with ...
14 July 2008

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the primeminister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists,Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, ...

Press Release      

'Comfort Women': waiting for justice after 62 years | Amnesty ...
5 July 2008

Thousands of women known as ‘comfort women’, were forced into sexual servitude by the Government of Japan for sexual servitude for the armed forces in the 1930s ...

Appeal For Action      

Japan: Further Information on Fear of imminent execution: MAKINO ...
27 June 2008

Makino Tadashi, who lost his final appeal on 29 May 2008, was in danger of execution in June. He remains on death row.

Urgent Action       ASA 22/005/2008

Japan: Amnesty International condemns latest round of executions
17 June 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public statement. Index no: ASA 22/004/2008 (Public). 17 June 2008. Japan: Amnesty International condemns latest round of executions. ...

Document       ASA 22/004/2008

Japan: Fear of Imminent Execution: Makino Tadashi
6 June 2008

Death row prisoner Makino Tadashi has just had his appeal for clemency rejected, and so is at imminent risk of execution. He is held in Fukuoka Detention Centre ...

Urgent Action       ASA 22/002/2008

Philippines: Open Letter: House Resolution 124 calling on the ...
3 June 2008

In this letter Amnesty International strongly urges the government of Japan to bring House Resolution 124 to a re-vote. This Resolution calls on the Government ...

Document       ASA 35/001/2008