PRESS CONFERENCE Karin Amamiya , Author Kojin Karatani, Philosopher Eiji Oguma, Keio University Assistant Professor Satoshi Ukai , Hitotsubashi University Professor
"Peaceful Rally Ended with Dozens in Handcuffs" Time: 2011 Sep 29 15:00 - 16:00 Summary:
PRESS CONFERENCE Karin Amamiya , Author Kojin Karatani, Philosopher Eiji Oguma, Keio University Assistant Professor Satoshi Ukai , Hitotsubashi University Professor Language:
The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Description:
Police arrested 12 demonstrators at a peaceful rally in Shinjuku against nuclear power plants on September 11. Five of the 12 are still in police custody, being held without charge. The arrestees included a French national and his Japanese partner.
Police changed the route for the demonstration just before nearly 10,000 people gathered for the march. During the demonstration, witnesses say the police intentionally divided the protesters into small groups then deliberately provoked sections of the crowd. The incident has barely been reported by the Japanese press, and even some of the few reports that were published alleged misbehavior on the part of the protesters based not on actual observation but entirely on police accounts.
Some allege that this particular group of protesters have been targeted by police because they are made up primarily of young people rather than the middle-aged and older protesters who turn up at many such events. In other words, the police seem to fear the politicization of the young more than other age groups.
Are the Japanese police trying to silence political dissent through a systematic campaign of intimidation against the young in particular? Are the democratic rights to protest being observed in practice by those who claim to be protecting Japan's social order? This event is an opportunity to reflect upon these crucial issues.
Scholars, writers and political analysts have issued a joint statement denouncing police suppression of the September 11 rally. The harsh measures against a peaceful protest may have enormous implications for the future in Japan. Come and hear what the speakers have to say and judge for yourself.
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たんぽぽ舎 コミュニズム
素人の乱 アナキズム
柄谷 メディウム
http://mainichi.jp/select/science/news/20110930k0000m040106000c.html
脱原発デモ:参加者逮捕に評論家ら抗議
東日本大震災から半年の9月11日に東京・新宿であった脱原発のデモ行進で、公務執行妨害容疑などで参加者12人が警視庁に逮捕されたことを受け、評論家の柄谷行人さんらが29日、東京都内の日本外国特派員協会で記者会見し「デモへの抑圧に抗議する」と訴えた。
柄谷さんは、慶応大の小熊英二教授、一橋大の鵜飼哲教授らとともに「原発の全面的廃炉を要求する声が国民の中からわき起こっている。民衆の意思表示の手段であるデモの権利を擁護する」との共同声明を発表。
作家の雨宮処凛さんは「20~30代の初めて参加した人が圧倒的に多く、今まで動かなかった層がどっと動いたことを警察は恐れたのではないか」と指摘。来週にも日弁連に12人の人権救済を求める方針を明らかにした。
柄谷さんは「若者たちが新しい形のデモを始め、私は希望を見いだしている。それを抑圧するものに抗議したい」と述べ「デモの存在を無視することは、デモの抑圧につながる」とマスメディアの報道姿勢も批判した。
警視庁によると、逮捕された12人は釈放されている。
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