{"id":708,"date":"2007-11-09T11:03:10","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T02:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=708"},"modified":"2008-04-23T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T03:37:00","slug":"fingerprinting-amnestysmj-appeal-for-noon-nov-20-public-appeal-outside-justice-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=708","title":{"rendered":"Fingerprinting: Amnesty\/SMJ Appeal for Noon Nov 20 Public Appeal outside Justice Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Blog. Here’s the public appeal I was asked to translate for sponsoring groups Amnesty International\/Solidarity with Migrants Japan. This is their upcoming November 20 Public Action in front of the Justice Ministry against Fingerprinting NJ. Attend if you like. Details in the appeal below. More on the event also here.<\/a> Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n

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PROTEST JAPAN’S VERSION OF THE “US-VISIT PROGRAM”!
\nSTOP FINGERPRINTING NON-JAPANESE!
\nTOKYO PUBLIC ACTION OUTSIDE THE JUSTICE MINISTRY, NOON, NOVEMBER 20!<\/b>
\n(translated by Arudou Debito)<\/p>\n

From November 20, 2007, the Japanese government will put into effect the Japan version of the US-VISIT Program, where all non-Japanese entering Japan (with the exception of children under age 16, Diplomats, and “Special Permanent Residents” (i.e. ethnic Koreans, Chinese, etc.) will have their fingerprints and facial photographs taken every time they cross the border. <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

This is none other than a system to track and tighten controls on foreigners, including residents. The government and the Justice Ministry loudly claim that this is an “anti-terror measure”, but consider the US-VISIT Program, inaugurated four years ago in the United States, that this policy is modeled upon: “It has been completely ineffective at uncovering terrorists. Rather, it has been used as a way for the government to create a blacklist and stop human rights activists from entering the country.” (Barry Steinhardt, American Civil Liberties Union, Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan October 29, 2007). We see Japan heading down the same path as the US.<\/p>\n

Japan’s version of the US-VISIT Program is so laden with problems, and passed without adequate deliberation by the Diet, that we call for the government and the Justice Ministry to immediately suspend it. To his end, we will assemble before the Justice Ministry on the day of its promulgation, November 20, 2007, for a public action and protest. We call on the public to join us at noon that day and lend your support and participation.<\/p>\n

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\nDATE: Tuesday, November 20, 2007
\nTIME: Noon (public action will take 30 minutes to an hour)
\nPLACE: Ministry of Justice, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo (Goudou Chousha #6)
\n(Subway Marunouchi Line to Kasumigaseki Station, Bengoshi Kaikan exit)<\/b><\/p>\n

ACTIVITIES: Sound truck with speeches
\nPlacards, Message boards (NO TO FINGERPRINTING, FINGERPRINTING NON-JAPANESE IS DISCRIMINATION, “NON-JAPANESE” DOES NOT MEAN “TERRORIST” etc.–create your own slogan and bring your own sign!)
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CONTACT:
\nAmnesty International Japan (Tel 03-3518-6777)
\nhttp:\/\/www.amnesty.or.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan (SMJ) (Tel\uff1a03-5802-6033)
\nhttp:\/\/www.jca.apc.org\/migrant-net\/<\/a>
\nSee you there!
\nENDS\n<\/p>\n

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Amnesty International and Solidarity with Migrants Japan (SMJ) will be holding a public action outside the Justice Ministry at Noon Nov 20, in protest of the NJ fingerprinting and biometric data collection taking effect that day. Drop by and protest. It’ll only take an hour out of your day… This blog entry contains the text of their public appeal in English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,33,5,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-fingerprinting-nj","category-human-rights","category-japanese-government","category-problematic-foreign-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708","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=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}