The Japanese government stopped accepting applications for its redress under the Minamata special law on Tuesday July 31, 2012 as scheduled. Victims groups are making a strong protest against the government decision as reported by the following newspapers in Japan.
- Minamata patients denounce deadline for redress applications as 'historic outrage'
The Mainichi, August 1, 2012
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120801p2a00m0na007000c.html
- EDITORIAL: Justice for all Minamata victims
The Japan Times Saturday, July 28, 2012
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120728a1.html
- EDITORIAL: Relief program for Minamata disease patients must be kept open
The Asahi Shimbun, July 21, 2012
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/editorial/AJ201207210061
Minamata victims are voicing:
"Redress with a deadline set is not redress. The government should accept applications as long as there are victims."
"To set the deadline is to sacrifice patients."
If you support the Minamata victims' voices, please let me know your name, organization or occupation, and country by the end of August.
Contact: Takeshi Yasuma (ac7t-ysm@asahi-net.or.jp)
Minamata issues have not yet been resolved even after 56 years since its official recognition.
No responsibility nor obligation is required for polluters and governments under the INC4 text of Article 14 Contaminated Sites.
It would be dishonorable to name a global mercury control treaty the "Minamata Convention" under such conditions.
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Supports from overseas individuals/organizations (as of August 31, 2012)
- Jo Immig, Coordinator, National Toxics Network Inc, Australia
- Lilian Corra, Asociacion Argentina de Medicos por el Medio Ambiente (AAMMA), Argentina
- Silvana Bujan, BIOS ARGENTINA - RED NACIONAL DE ACCION ECOLOGISTA - COALICION CIUDADANA ANTIINCINERACION DE ARGENTINA, Argentina
- Lilian Corra, International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE), Argentina
- Myrian Genisans, Pro-Eco grupo ecologista, asociacion civil, Argentina
- Javier Souza Casadinho, Red de accion en plaguicidas de america Latina (RAPAL), Argentina - America Latina, Argentina
- Secretaria de Relaciones Internacionales de la CGT (Confederacion General del Trabajo) de la Republica Argentina, Argentina
- Shahriar Hossain, Ph.D., Environment and Social Development Organization -ESDO, Bangladesh
- Elena Lymberidi-Settimo, European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Belgium
- Jeffer Castelo Branco, ACPO - Associacao de Combate aos Poluentes, Brazil
- Zuleica Nycz, APROMAC Environment Protection Association, Brazil
- Cecilia Zavariz, Occupational Physician, Brazil
- Zuleica Nycz, TOXISPHERA Environmental Health Association, Brazil
- Gilbert KUEPOUO, Ph.D. Coordinator, Research and Education Center for Development (CREPD), Cameroon
- Wang Wei, Global Village of Beijing Environmental Education Center, China
- MAO Da, Ph.D., researcher, Nature University, China
- Chen Liwen, researcher, Nature University, China
- Imogen P. Ingram, Island Sustainability Alliance CIS Inc. (ISACI), Cook Islands
- Dominique Bally KPOKRO, Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environnement (JVE), Cote d'Ivoire
- Jindrich Petrlik, Chairman, Arnika Association, Czech Republic
- Manana Juruli, Co-Chair, Georgian Environmental and Biological Monitoring Assocition (GEBMA), Georgia
- E.Odjam-Akumatey, Ecological Restorations, Ghana
- Arun Jindal, Executive Director, Society for Sustainable Development, India
- Satish Sinha, Toxics Link, India
- Yuyun Ismawati, Indonesia Toxics-Free Network, Indonesia
- Cecilia Ng'ang'a, iLima Organization, Kenya
- Naji Kodeih, IndyACT, Lebanon
- LARISA DE ORBE, ACCION ECOLOGICA, Mexico
- Marisa Jacott, Fronteras Comunes, Mexico
- Guillermo Foladori, Latin American Nanotechnology & Society Network, Mexico
- Dr en C. Armando Arevalo Hernandez, Presidente de Prensa Unida de Guadalajara, Mexico
- Fernando Bejarano, RAPAM-CAATA, Mexico
- Omar Arellano-Aguilar, PhD, Union de Cientificos Comprometidos con la Sociedad, Mexico
- Dolgormaa Lodoisambuu PhD, Director, Environmental and Health Center, Mongolia
- Ram Charitra Sah, Executive Director, Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED), Nepal
- Leslie Adogame, Executive Director, Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental development (SRADev), Nigeria
- Dr. Mahmood A. Khwaja, Senior Adviser, Chemicals and Sustainable Industrial Development, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan
- Richard Gutierrez, Ban Toxics, Philippines
- ing. Dan-Calin Tocaciu, Fundatia Speranta Sf. Stefan, Romania
- ing. Dan-Calin Tocaciu, Sun Valley Association, Romania
- Olga Speranskaya, PhD, Eco-Accord, Russia
- Olga Speranskaya, PhD, CoChair, IPEN, Russia
- Elena Vasilyeva, Volgograd-Ecopress, Russia
- Rico Euripidou, groundWork - Friends of the Earth South Africa, South Africa
- Servando Perez-Dominguez, Asociacion Espanola de Afectados por Mercurio de Amalgamas Dentales y Otras Situaciones (MERCURIADOS), Spain
- Leticia Baselga, Ecologistas en Accion, Spain
- Lars HYLANDER, PhD, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
- Silvani Mng'anya, Principal Program Officer, AGENDA, Tanzania
- Tussanee Verakan, Alternative Agriculture Network, Thailand
- Arpa Wangkiat, Department of Environmental Engineering, Rangsit University, Thailand
- Penchom Saetang, Ecological Alert and Recovery-Thailand (EARTH), Thailand
- Dolruedee Kramnaimuang King, Thailand
- Maria Isabel Carcamo, Coordinator of Pesticide Action Network, Uruguay
- Pamela K. Miller, Executive Director, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, USA
- Bjorn Beeler, International Coordinator, IPEN, USA
- Michael Bender, Mercury Policy Project, USA
- Eric Uram, Executive Director, SafeMinds, USA
- Alejandra Leon, Asociacion para la Investigacion y Accion Social, Venezuela
- Alfred O. Scheer, ASOPRODEM, Alianza para la defensa de los Derechos Humanos, la Ecologia y el Medio Ambiente, Venezuela
- Viviana Salas, BioParques, Venezuela
- Maria Gil-Beroes, Fundacion Aguaclara, Venezuela
- Gustavo Gonzalez, GEUCA (environmental non governmental organization), Venezuela
- Isabel Novo, Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales la Salle, Venezuela
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