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Human Rights in JAPAN

Taiwan and South Korea call for 'comfort women' apology | Amnesty ...
18 November 2008

The Government of Japan must accept historical responsibilityand apologise to the victims of Japan’s military sexual slavery system.

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Japan urged to restore dignity to WWII "comfort women" | Amnesty ...
3 November 2008

The UN Human Rights Committee has called on the Government of the Japanto restore dignity to the survivors of Japan’s military sexual slaverysystem.

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Japan: Still Waiting for Justice!
3 November 2008

Document       ASA 22/011/2008

Japon. Écrire pour les droits. Hakamada Iwao
29 October 2008

Newsletter       ASA 22/007/2008

Japan: Hakamada Iwao [Global letter-writing marathon 2008]
29 October 2008

Hakamada Iwao is suffering from mental illness after spending over 28 years in solitary confinement and lives with the constant fear of execution. After an unfair ...

Document       ASA 22/007/2008

Two men hanged in Japan | Amnesty International
29 October 2008

The executions of Michitoshi Kuma and Masahiro Takashio were the first approved by Minister of Justice Mori Eisuke sincehe took office in September.

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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 ...

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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, ...

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