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In Mourning: Masanori Ikeda (former president of JALANA)

Masanori IkedaMasanori Ikeda, a lawyer who led work of JALANA as secretary general, vice-president, president and a board member, passed away on November 13, 2016, at the age of 88.

The former JALANA president Masanori Ikeda was born in the Korean Peninsula under Japanese rule in 1928, and he graduated from the Faculty of Law, Kyushu University in 1953. He became an attorney at law in 1966, and since then he devoted himself to activities for peace and nuclear disarmament. Throughout Hyakuri Base Trial between Japanese government and residents in Hyakuri, he defended local farmers who refused to yield their own lands to Japan Air Self-Defense Force (SDF), maintaining that the SDF was contrary to Article 9 of Japanese Constitution. Continue reading “In Mourning: Masanori Ikeda (former president of JALANA)”

Documentary “Good Thinking”

“Good Thinking” is a documentary on those who tried to push back on nuclear weapons, four plus years in the making. Imperfect, and perhaps nothing new, and a thousand more stories to be told, but for the general public it may be another tool that helps to introduce the concern, to widen the perspective, deepen the knowledge base and history, and encourage us all forward.
Please watch and share and check out the offical website: www.GoodThinkingTheDocumentary.net

International Newsletter April 2016

  1. Instead of a Prologue
  1. Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Nuclear Zero law suits
  1. Liberty or Death? The Marshall Islands vs. the Nuclear-Armed States by Jacqueline Cabasso
  2. Q&A: The Marshall Islands’ Nuclear Disarmament Cases at the ICJ
  3. Report by Rick Wayman on the RMI Law Cases
  4. Opening Statement of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in „RMI vs Pakistan“ by Tony de Brum

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Public Event: Marshall Islands Fights Back in Nuclear Zero Lawsuit, 12 March, The Hague

12 March at Humanity House: Why is the Marshall Islands suing the nuclear weapon states at the International Court of Justice at The Hague? Meet the international legal team representing the Republic of the Marshall Islands and find out more about the story behind the lawsuits: Continue reading “Public Event: Marshall Islands Fights Back in Nuclear Zero Lawsuit, 12 March, The Hague”