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Dear Cyberactivist, PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS ACTION ALERT AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. TAKE ACTION Four Greenpeace volunteers have been put in a jail after protesting for less toxic pollution from the world's largest incinerator in Tokyo. In addition the police raided the Greenpeace office in Tokyo and our flagship "The Rainbow Warrior". You can let Prime Minster Yoshiro Mori of Japan know that you want the four activists released immediately. Not only because they rightly campaigned for a better environment, but also because the Japanese police is not upholding internationally agreed upon human rights in the way the activists will be held under arrest for more than 10 days. Please copy and paste the letter below and send from the website below. URL: http://www.iijnet.or.jp/sorifu/kantei/foreign/comment.html You can also tell him in your own words what you think of this unwarranted action by the Japanese police on his personal website. Thank you for your help. To: Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori Dear Prime Minister Mori, Undoubtedly you have already been informed about the arrest of 4 Greenpeace activists on May 9. It is because of their arrest that I am calling on you to use all means at your disposal to ensure that these non-violent activists are released from custody immediately. In addition to this I call your attention to the 11th of May when, in an unjustifiable action by the police, the Greenpeace flagship "The Rainbow Warrior" and the Greenpeace office in Tokyo were raided. Greenpeace campaigns on behalf of its supporters and the values of the public all over the world for a cleaner environment. The four Greenpeace activists from China, Belgium, The Netherlands and UK were arrested after climbing the tower of an incinerator complex in Toshima Ward in Tokyo, wherethey later unfurled a banner proclaiming Tokyo as the world's Dioxin Capital. As you undoubtedly will know as well Japan has the highest levels of dioxin emissions in the world today, primarily a consequence of having the highest number of waste incinerators than any other country on the planet. You are aware of the substantial environmental problems Japan is already facing from these dioxin emissions especially the ongoing pollution of the environment with toxic chemicals like PCB's and other Persistent Organic Pollutants. I find it very strange to accept that these activists; the people who give all they have to fight pollution of the Japanese environment are now being detained in a Tokyo prison cell. I am also very concerned as the activists will be held in custody under the so called "substitute prison system" (daiyo kanguko). As you will know, under this system a suspect can be held for 48 hours with a 10 day extension, sometimes even followed by a further 10 day extension. International human rights organisations like Amnesty International have repeatedly argued that this system is a clear violation of the universal right of each individual to be considered innocent unless proven guilty. I personally believe that the Greenpeace activists did not commit a crime but acted in the best interest possible for both me, and people in Japan, by fighting global environmental pollution from a dirty technology like incineration. I am also shocked to find that in a modern country as Japan the universality of human rights is not respected by still holding prisoners under the "daiyo kanguko" system. Recalling the universality of human rights, and in light of the global and just cause the arrested activists campaign for, I call upon you to use all possible channels of communication at your disposal to ensure the immediate release of these activists. Yours Sincerely, ends. Thank you for your contiuned support. Martin Baker Communications Development Manager Greenpeace International Keizersgracht 176 1016 DW Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS tel: +31 20 523 6222/6287 fax: +31 20 523 6200/6212 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.greenpeace.org FEED THE POOR FOR FREE AND SAVE SOMEONE EVERYDAY
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