Sign Petition to Drop All Charges Against Okinawa Anti-Bases Activist
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Although I am sure that you have already known it very well and finished doing it, I will send you this request concerning the petition by the Conference on U.S. Foreign Military Bases to support three Japanese peace activists in Okinawa who have jailed illegally because of their nonviolent protest against the new U.S. Marine base in Henoko. Please read the message below (I wrote it according to a request from my Japanese friend), and if you share it with your friends who have not done it yet, I will be very grateful to you.
To sign the petition, please go to their web site: NoForeignBases.org and scroll down to the petition on the right sidebar in English and Japanese.
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Dear Friends of peace
I am writing this letter to ask for your support concerning three Japanese peace activists who have been jailed unjustly in Okinawa. They are Mr. Horoji Yamashiro, Mr. Hiroshi Inaba, and Mr. Atsuhiro Soeda. They were arrested illegally because for their nonviolent protest against the new U.S. Marine base being constructed in Henoko, Okinawa.
The decision of the court in their trial is going to be pronounced on March 14 in Naha District Court. To support these three activists for a not guilty judgment, which they full deserve, as you may have known, the Conference on U.S. Foreign Military Bases has started a global petition I have placed below. I thank this organization for their brave decision and work for peace and these three, and request you to join their petition.
To sign the petition, please go to their web site: NoForeignBases.org and scroll down to the petition on the right sidebar in English and Japanese.
Every signed petition will be immediately sent to the Naha Court in Okinawa, and emailed to Ambassadors of Japan to the United Nations and the United States.
Japan has Article 9, the peace clause in its Constitution. Under this clause, Japan renounces forever any war and armament as a means to resolve various international conflicts. All Japanese governments since 1947, when the Constitution of Japan was enforced, have been ordered firmly to obey Article 9. In the context of this clause, the new US base in Henoko is illegal, and the three activists’ nonviolent protest against this base should be protected under Japanese laws. Whatever Prime Minister Abe and his administration say, Article 9 has a priority over the Security Treaty between the United State of America and Japan, which the successive Japanese governments have used as a reason of building this base in Henoko and other U.S. bases.
We, Japanese citizens seek to live in peace in Okinawa and anywhere else in Japan. These three activists above have fought for this purpose. Please help them. Please sign this petition (if you have not done it so already), and share it with your friends globally.
Thank you for reading this letter and your cooperation.
With my sincere prayer for peace,
Narumi
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