{"id":11942,"date":"2013-10-27T10:41:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T20:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=11942"},"modified":"2013-10-28T06:48:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T16:48:06","slug":"afp-asylum-seeker-dies-after-collapsing-at-j-detention-center-while-doctor-at-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=11942","title":{"rendered":"AFP: Asylum-seeker dies after collapsing at J detention center while doctor at lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0Here’s another long-standing issue within Japan’s criminal justice system — the two-tiered system of incarceration for foreigners only. \u00a0When one is being detained for a violation of Japan’s criminal code, you have prison for those convicted and the daiyou kangoku<\/em> interrogation centers<\/a> for those awaiting conviction (and almost everyone (95%) who is indicted under this system confesses to a crime, thanks to the unsupervised and harsh interrogation techniques<\/a>). \u00a0Almost everyone who confesses to a crime (the most-cited figure is >99%<\/a>) gets convicted and probably goes to prison. \u00a0Don’t get arrested in Japan or else this will happen to you<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But then there are the detention centers for foreigners with visa issues<\/a> who can be incarcerated indefinitely. \u00a0This is unlike Japan’s prison system where 1) there are international standards for incarceration, and 2) there is a maximum limit — as in a prison sentence — to the duration for inmates. \u00a0Not so Japan’s foreigners. \u00a0And not so, as you can see below, Japan’s asylum seekers<\/a>, where yet another NJ has died in custody due to, the article notes below, lax oversight over the health of their detainees.<\/p>\n

I bring this up because this case will no doubt soon be forgotten. \u00a0Like the other issues of violence<\/a>,\u00a0unsanitary food leading to hunger strikes<\/a>\u00a0and suicides<\/a>,\u00a0Immigration brutality leading to an uncharged murder of a detainee<\/a>, and more<\/a>. \u00a0No wonder some people would prefer an overseas refugee camp<\/a> than come to Japan to languish and perhaps die in a Gaijin Tank. \u00a0Best to archive it here as yet another brick in the wall. \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: \u00a0Johnson, The Japanese Way of Justice<\/em> (2002), pg. 243.<\/p>\n

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Asylum-seeker dies after collapsing at detention center while doctor at lunch<\/strong>
\n By Harumi Ozawa. AFP\/Japan Today NATIONAL OCT. 25, 2013, courtesy of JK<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.japantoday.com\/category\/national\/view\/asylum-seeker-dies-at-detention-center-while-doctor-at-lunch<\/a><\/p>\n

See also\u00a0http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2013\/10\/27\/national\/asylum-seeker-dies-in-japan-so-doctor-can-have-lunch-ngo\/<\/a><\/p>\n

An asylum-seeker collapsed and died after staff at a Japanese immigration center failed to call for a medic, allegedly because the doctor was having lunch, a pressure group said Thursday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anwar Hussin, a member of Myanmar\u2019s Rohingya ethnic group, fell ill shortly after he was detained on Oct 9, according to People\u2019s Forum on Burma, a Japan-based NGO headed by a Japanese lawyer.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Citing the 57-year-old\u2019s cousin, the group said Hussin had been complaining of a headache all morning and fell unconscious as he began eating lunch in his cell.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fellow detainees\u2014seven people of different nationalities\u2014called for help because he was vomiting and having spasms, the NGO said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Detention center staff rejected their requests that a doctor be called, saying Hussin was just \u201chaving a seizure\u201d and that the duty medic was on his lunch break, the group said, citing detainees who had spoken to the dead man\u2019s cousin.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A doctor was summoned 51 minutes after Hussin\u2019s collapse, according to a timeline given to his cousin by the center.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Staff made an emergency call four minutes after the doctor\u2019s arrival and 55 minutes after being made aware of the problem, the timeline showed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hussin died in hospital on Oct 14, it said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the Tokyo Immigration Bureau said a man in his 50s from Myanmar died of subarachnoid haemorrhage\u2014a stroke\u2014after collapsing in the detention center, confirming the dates given by the pressure group.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But she declined to confirm or deny the claims made by the NGO over how long it took for the doctor to be called.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe refrain from disclosing details because it concerns private matters,\u201d said the spokeswoman.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aware that some people have complained the man was neglected for some time,\u201d she said, adding the bureau believes staff handled the case appropriately. She said officials had explained the situation to the man\u2019s surviving family in Japan.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Forum on Burma, which supports democratization of Myanmar and aids refugees from the country when they arrive in Japan, disputes this.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe bureau did not inform the family of (Hussin\u2019s) hospitalization. It was learnt from other detainees,\u201d said a spokeswoman.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Immigration officials gave few details until two days after Hussin\u2019s death, the spokeswoman said, and then only when his cousin repeatedly pressed them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hussin came to Japan in 2006 and made two applications for asylum, both of which were rejected, according to the group, which said he was waiting for the result of his second appeal when he was detained.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rohingya\u2014described by the UN as one of the world\u2019s most persecuted minorities\u2014face travel restrictions, forced labor and limited access to health care and education in Myanmar, rights groups say.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Myanmar views its population of roughly 800,000 Muslim Rohingya as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and denies them citizenship.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was not immediately possible to independently verify the NGO\u2019s claims over Hussin\u2019s death.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But Shogo Watanabe, the lawyer who leads the NGO, said detention centers were frequently slower than they should be in emergency medical situations.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the result when the country has failed to protect people who need to be protected,\u201d he told AFP.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hiroka Shoji, of Amnesty International Japan, said it was worrying that immigration staff apparently had power of veto over whether or not a sick detainee should see a doctor.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Japan tightly restricts the number of immigrants and asylum-seekers it accepts.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Justice Ministry figures for 2012, 2,545 people applied for asylum, of whom 368 were from Myanmar\u2014the second largest nationality group after the Turkish.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Japan accepted 18 refugees during the year.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Human rights activists, lawyers and migrant communities in Japan have complained for years about harsh treatment by immigration officials and about conditions at detention centers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A Ghanaian died in 2010 while he was being restrained allegedly by up to 10 immigration officials as they tried to deport him.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rights activists have claimed he was gagged with a towel, recalling a similar but non-fatal case in 2004 when a female Vietnamese deportee was handcuffed, had her mouth sealed with tape and was rolled up in blankets.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(c) 2013 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s another long-standing issue within Japan’s criminal justice system — the two-tiered system of incarceration for foreigners only. When one is being detained for a violation of Japan’s criminal code, you have prison for those convicted and the daiyou kangoku interrogation centers for those awaiting conviction (and almost everyone (95%) who is indicted under this system confesses to a crime, thanks to the unsupervised and harsh interrogation techniques). Almost everyone who confesses to a crime (the most-cited figure is >99%) gets convicted and probably goes to prison. <\/p>\n

But then there are the detention centers for foreigners with visa issues who can be incarcerated indefinitely. This is unlike Japan’s prison system where 1) there are international standards for incarceration, and 2) there is a maximum limit — as in a prison sentence — to the duration for inmates. Not so Japan’s foreigners. And not so, as you can see below, Japan’s asylum seekers, where yet another NJ has died in custody due to, the article notes below, lax oversight over the health of their detainees.<\/p>\n

I bring this up because this case will no doubt soon be forgotten. Like the other issues of violence, unsanitary food leading to hunger strikes and suicides, Immigration brutality leading to an uncharged murder of a detainee, and more. No wonder some people would prefer an overseas refugee camp than come to Japan to languish and perhaps die in a Gaijin Tank. Best to archive it here as yet another brick in the wall.<\/p>\n

AFP: An asylum-seeker collapsed and died after staff at a Japanese immigration center failed to call for a medic, allegedly because the doctor was having lunch, a pressure group said Thursday. Anwar Hussin, a member of Myanmar\u2019s Rohingya ethnic group, fell ill shortly after he was detained on Oct 9, according to People\u2019s Forum on Burma, a Japan-based NGO headed by a Japanese lawyer.<\/p>\n

Citing the 57-year-old\u2019s cousin, the group said Hussin had been complaining of a headache all morning and fell unconscious as he began eating lunch in his cell. Fellow detainees\u2014seven people of different nationalities\u2014called for help because he was vomiting and having spasms, the NGO said. Detention center staff rejected their requests that a doctor be called, saying Hussin was just \u201chaving a seizure\u201d and that the duty medic was on his lunch break, the group said, citing detainees who had spoken to the dead man\u2019s cousin.<\/p>\n

A doctor was summoned 51 minutes after Hussin\u2019s collapse, according to a timeline given to his cousin by the center. Staff made an emergency call four minutes after the doctor\u2019s arrival and 55 minutes after being made aware of the problem, the timeline showed. Hussin died in hospital on Oct 14, it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,37,4,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-rights","category-immigration-assimilation","category-injustice","category-japanese-government","category-nj-voices-ignored"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}