Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Tokyo-Two-before-Trial-in-Aomori-27MZIFI6E3_Z.htmlConceptually similarTokyo Two before Trial in AomoriGP022B4Completed★★★★Tokyo Two before Trial in AomoriGP022ZCCompleted★★★★Tokyo Two before Trial in AomoriGP022B6Completed★★★★Tokyo Two before Trial in AomoriGP022ZDCompleted★★★★Tokyo Two Press Conference in AomoriGP022BMCompleted★★★★Tokyo Two Press Conference in AomoriGP022BNCompleted★★★★Junichi Sato before Trial in AomoriGP022ZECompleted★★★★Junichi Sato before Trial in AomoriGP022ZACompleted★★★★Tokyo Two Go to Court in AomoriGP022ZJCompleted★★★★View AllGP022ZBTokyo Two before Trial in AomoriGreenpeace activists Toru Suzuki (right) and Junichi Sato (centre), in the company of their defence counsel Hizumi Kazuo (left), put the final touches to their closing speeches in preparation for the 'summing up' day in court in Aomor. Toru Suzuki and colleague Junichi Sato, known as the "Tokyo Two", began trial in Aomori in February 2010 following their exposure of an embezzlement scandal inside the taxpayer-funded whaling industry. The trial has become a landmark for Japan's legal system, after a recent opinion by the United Nations Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that authorities have breached both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights, in the treatment of Sato and Suzuki.Locations:Aomori-Asia-JapanDate:8 Jun, 2010Credit:© Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3888px X 2592pxKeywords:Asian ethnicities-Court cases-Greenpeace activists-Indoors-Japanese Government-KWCI (GPI)-Laptops-Law-Men-Oceans (campaign title)-Three people-Tokyo Two (campaign title)-WhalingShoot:Tokyo Two Closing Arguments in AomoriGreenpeace activists Toru Suzuki and Junichi Sato, the "Tokyo Two", began trial in Aomori in February 2010 following their exposure of an embezzlement scandal inside the taxpayer-funded whaling industry. Despite conducting a public interest investigation into corruption in the Japanese whaling industry, which was singled out by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the longest jail term for any Greenpeace activist in the organisation’s 40 year history was demanded in court in Japan today. Corroborating testimonies from whaling industry whistleblowers backing the allegations and contradictory testimony from prosecution witnesses have failed to prevent the severely disproportionate sentence being requested. The UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated that the 26-day detention of Junichi and Toru breached their human rights. Despite this the Court Prosecutor demanded they each serve a prison term of 1 year and 6 months for theft and trespass.Related Collections:Tokyo Two Stand Trial (Photo & Videos)
