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.
26 June 2008
Netherlands

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.

© Greenpeace / Bas Beentjes

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