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Whale meat scandal updates

Updates on the scandal involving the corrupt and powerful whaling industry (which is funded with taxpayers’ money). Two of our activists are still awaiting trial for intercepting a box of stolen whale meat, and delivering it to the police.



 
 
 

Whale meat scandal updates

Can we trust the whalers when they say they're innocent? Enlarge Image

Whale meat scandal: Many questions

Why would we believe the whaling industry when it says it is innocent? The institutions behind the Japanese whaling operation have apparently now investigated themselves and cleared themselves of any wrongdoing over the whale meat embezzlement scandal exposed by Greenpeace in May.

Junichi and Toru out on bail!!! Amnesty support for Junichi and Toru (the Tokyo Two) Korean whale conservation activists say "Free Junichi and Toru" New Scientist on the Tokyo Two
Greenpeace Japan whale campaign coordinator Junichi Sato, with whale meat that was stolen from Japanese taxpayers, and which he provided as evidence to the government -- only to be arrested and charged for doing so. Enlarge Image

Activists charged for exposing whale meat scandal

Our Japanese activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki were charged with theft and trespass today by the prosecutor in Aomori after they exposed a major scandal around the embezzlement of whale meat from the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling programme.

Junichi and Toru continue to be held in detention in Aomori, where they have been since their arrest on June 10th, despite widespread international protest.

Huffington Post on the Tokyo Two
Greenpeace activists conduct a peaceful protest outside the Japanese embassy in Den Haag as part of a global campaign against the continued unnecessary detention of two Greenpeace activists in Japan. The detained activists exposed a large scale embezzlement scandal within the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling program. In addition to demonstrations in approximately 30 countries, nearly 180,000 letters of protest have been emailed to the Japanese Prime Minister and Foreign minister. Enlarge Image

Global protest over arrest of Japanese whale activists

Global protest continues to mount with protests and vigils in front of Japanese embassies around the world and more than 180,000  190,000 200,000 letters being sent to the Japanese government demanding the release of Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki -- the Tokyo Two.

A network of Japanese lawyers have called the arrests a violation of human rights and a challenge to the freedom of expression in Japan.

Greenpeace Japan whale campaign coordinator Junichi Sato, with the whale meat that was stolen from Japanese taxpayers, and which he provided as evidence to the government -- only to be arrested and charged for doing so. Enlarge Image

Japan holds whale activists without charge (Updated)

Japanese police have arrested two Greenpeace activists for exposing a whale meat scandal involving the government-sponsored whaling programme. The two activists, Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, are being investigated for allegedly stealing a box of whale meat which they presented as evidence.

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