Our Statement to Mr Shinzo Abe, the Japanese Prime Minister 15 March 2014 Statement to: Mr Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan Mr Keiichi Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom We stand here today in solidarity with the people of Fukushima, Japan and the world to demand a nuclear-free future. Fukushima is not over. The tragedy is ongoing. Similar incidents could occur at any time throughout the world. How can Japan justify restarting its nuclear reactors and export nuclear technology? We now know that a civil nuclear disaster results in the same devastation as a nuclear war. We have the right to live in a world free from nuclear brutality. Governments have a moral and legal obligation to protect their citizens and future generations. Children have played no part in the policy leading to the Fukushima catastrophe. Yet, it is the very same young and unborn who are the most vulnerable to radiation. They are the future. Nothing is more important than protecting them. Nuclear power, even without accidents, inevitably creates permanently deadly waste and contamination. It damages or destroys peoples health, the eco-system and the environment. From uranium mining to nuclear waste, nuclear energy is incompatible with life. Radiation has assaulted people in Japan, UK and all over the world repeatedly. We say, Enough is enough! For the sake of our children and future generations, this planet must be protected from the nuclear curse. We, as world citizens, demand the Japanese government implements the following:- Evacuate children and young people from contaminated areas. Reinstate the pre-Fukushima legal radiation safety standards. Provide uncontaminated water and food to all children and young people. Give free and prompt medical examinations and treatments for all those exposed to Fukushima radiation. Monitor contamination accurately and publicise the data immediately. Stop futile and costly decontamination projects. End the state-sponsored myth that radiation below the safety limit is safe. Stop suppressing radiation-related health data and statistics. Protect human rights and health of nuclear workers. Abolish nuclear energy and switch to renewables. Abandon nuclear fuel recycling. Stop exporting nuclear power and technology. Disclose up-to-date information on the state of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Take responsibility for decommissioning Fukushima reactors. Prosecute those responsible for the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe. Protect the civil rights of anti-nuclear and anti-radiation citizens. Respect freedom of expression and speech. Comply with Japans No-Nuclear weapon principles. Uphold the Peace Constitution. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Fukushima - Japan should share the lessons of these tragedies with the international community, and lead the world in building a strong and sustainable nuclear-free future. Remember Fukushima - No to nuclear power! Shigeo Kobayashi on behalf of JAN UK Reverend Gyoro Nagase on behalf of Nipponzan Myohoji UK Martyn Lowe on behalf of Kick Nuclear Professor Dave Webb, Chairman, on behalf of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Dr Kate Hudson, General Secretary, on behalf of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 05:26:11 +0000
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