Tag Archives: Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Lawyers Look Into China’s Illegal Jailing of Japanese Citizen
April 8, 2004
China, LFNKR, North Korean Refugees
Human Rights Protection Committee Receives LFNKR Statement
On 2 April 2004, our group, Life Funds for North Korean Refugees (LFNKR), submitted to the Human Rights Protection Committee of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations a statement urgently calling for the rescue of victims of human rights violations.
Japanese Lawmaker Versus China
March 28, 2004
China, North Korean Refugees, Public Awareness
Rep. Nakagawa calls for release of Noguchi, NK refugees, aid workers still in prison
Japanese lawmaker Masaharu Nakagawa, member of Japan’s House of Representatives and co-founder of International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for the North Korean Refugees and Human Rights (IPCNKR), was in China March 22-25 to survey the human rights situation there, including conditions where Takayuki Noguchi, a member of this Japanese NGO, has been held in Nanning Prison since Dec. 10 last year.