Japan

Hakamada Iwao’s 74th birthday

vero — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:19:41 +0000

Take Part: The Cove

LaidBackSong — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:37:56 +0100

Source: Take Part: The Cove

Japan urged to end 'false confessions'

Niluccio — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:05:27 +0100

Hiroshi Yanagihara cannot forget the day he was forced to confess to a crime he did not commit.

A taxi driver, he had been detained on suspicion of attempted rape.

Source: Japan urged to end 'false confessions'

Death penalty opponent Keiko Chiba made Japanese Justice Minister

Niluccio — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:16:08 +0100

The new Japanese Government has in effect suspended the death penalty by appointing an outspoken opponent of capital punishment as Justice Minister.

Keiko Chiba, 61, a lawyer and former member of the Japan Socialist Party, has the final say in signing execution orders for Japan’s 102 death row inmates.

Source: Death penalty opponent Keiko Chiba made Japanese Justice Minister

I spent 34 years on Japan's Death Row

Niluccio — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:02:28 +0100

When his body isn't groaning under the weight of its 83 years, and the sun is shining over his native Kyushu in southern Japan, Sakae Menda sometimes forgets the ordeal he suffered and knows he is lucky to be alive.

Source: I spent 34 years on Japan's Death Row

Prisoners driven insane on Japan's death row, says Amnesty

Niluccio — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:17:35 +0100

Japan's new government is under pressure to abolish the death penalty after the human rights group Amnesty claimed the country's death row inmates are being driven insane and exposed to "cruel, inhuman and degrading" treatment.

Source: Prisoners driven insane on Japan's death row, says Amnesty

Call for end to death penalty as global execution rate soars

Niluccio — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:38:31 +0000

THE number of executions across the globe almost doubled in 2008, and Asian countries led the world in the use of the death penalty, Amnesty International revealed yesterday.

Source: Call for end to death penalty as global execution rate soars

"I had to sentence an innocent man"

fionamc — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:28:53 +0000

Two hanged in Japan despite UN critique

fionamc — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:21:51 +0000

Japan yesterday defied international opinion when the authorities executed two men on the same day that a UN human rights body was due to issue a report critical of the country's death penalty.

The executions brought the number of hangings in Japan this year to 15, the highest number since 1975 when 17 inmates were sent to the gallows.

Source: Two hanged in Japan despite UN critique

DEATH PENALTY: Activists Reveal Japan's Death Row to the World

Wily Fox — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:00:05 +0100

Japan’s death row inmates revealed to the world on Friday their personal stories of isolation and suffering, uninformed until the last minute when they will be taken to the gallows.

Source: DEATH PENALTY: Activists Reveal Japan's Death Row to the World

Breakthrough in battle for justice for ‘comfort women’

Aggy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:12:01 +0100

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on survivors of Japan’s military sexual slavery system (the so-called ‘comfort women’ system), which urges the Government of Japan to acknowledge, apologize and compensate the victims.

Source: Breakthrough in battle for justice for ‘comfort women’

Breakthrough in battle for justice for ‘comfort women’

Aggy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:33:58 +0100

Source: Breakthrough in battle for justice for ‘comfort women’