Dear Friends
You've all done FANTASTIC work sending letters to the Japanese government demanding the release of the Tokyo Two -- we just passed the Update number 185,000 mark! That's more than 14,000 protest emails sent to Japan's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister every day since Greenpeace Japan's whale activists were arrested.
But, the court has ruled that Junichi and Toru, arrested in Japan for exposing corruption in the whaling industry, can be held without charge for the maximum 23 days allowed under Japanese law. We need to increase the pressure on the Japanese government now if there is any hope that we can get them released soon.
Please read on, we've got a message from Japan and a list of things you can do to help some more.
Message from the front line
Junichi asked us to send you the following message:
"Thank you everyone for your support and vigilance over the last days. Thank you to the Update number185,000 of you who have sent the email to the Japanese Government asking for our release, and those of you who have sent it to your friends. We have heard from our lawyers about how many emails that have been sent, and it reminds us that we are not alone. Thank you also to those who mounted peaceful protests and vigils at Japanese Embassies around the world calling for justice for myself and Toru and justice for the whales. It helps us to know that so many are thinking of us and of the fate of the whales.
We STILL need your help. We have been ordered to remain in custody for a total of 23 days -- the maximum allowed under Japanese law -- without being charged with any crime.
Please encourage your friends to send an email if they have not already. Keep watching for news from Greenpeace of more actions you can take and make sure that the global demand for our release and to investigate the whale meat scandal we exposed, is heard loud and clear here in Japan.
With hope and thanks
Junichi Sato, Whale Campaign Coordinator Greenpeace Japan
More things you can do to help
Here's a few of the things you can do to help increase the pressure on Japan to release Junichi and Toru:
1. Send this message to five friends - just hit "forward" now and email it.
2. Vote on Reddit for the article about Junichi and Toru, and send it to your friends
3. Put this link in your email signature or instant messenger status: http://www.greenpeace.org/tokyo-two (and thanks to all of you who spotted the typo in our last message!)
4. Put a banner on your website or blog, or the code for the action itself: you'll find materials here
5. And for your friends that like games -- send them Mister Splashy Pants to the Rescue -- our online game in which the world's most famous humpback returns the favour, and saves the whale activists who saved him All the best,
The Greenpeace Whales Team
You've all done FANTASTIC work sending letters to the Japanese government demanding the release of the Tokyo Two -- we just passed the Update number 185,000 mark! That's more than 14,000 protest emails sent to Japan's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister every day since Greenpeace Japan's whale activists were arrested.
But, the court has ruled that Junichi and Toru, arrested in Japan for exposing corruption in the whaling industry, can be held without charge for the maximum 23 days allowed under Japanese law. We need to increase the pressure on the Japanese government now if there is any hope that we can get them released soon.
Please read on, we've got a message from Japan and a list of things you can do to help some more.
Message from the front line
Junichi asked us to send you the following message:
"Thank you everyone for your support and vigilance over the last days. Thank you to the Update number185,000 of you who have sent the email to the Japanese Government asking for our release, and those of you who have sent it to your friends. We have heard from our lawyers about how many emails that have been sent, and it reminds us that we are not alone. Thank you also to those who mounted peaceful protests and vigils at Japanese Embassies around the world calling for justice for myself and Toru and justice for the whales. It helps us to know that so many are thinking of us and of the fate of the whales.
We STILL need your help. We have been ordered to remain in custody for a total of 23 days -- the maximum allowed under Japanese law -- without being charged with any crime.
Please encourage your friends to send an email if they have not already. Keep watching for news from Greenpeace of more actions you can take and make sure that the global demand for our release and to investigate the whale meat scandal we exposed, is heard loud and clear here in Japan.
With hope and thanks
Junichi Sato, Whale Campaign Coordinator Greenpeace Japan
More things you can do to help
Here's a few of the things you can do to help increase the pressure on Japan to release Junichi and Toru:
1. Send this message to five friends - just hit "forward" now and email it.
2. Vote on Reddit for the article about Junichi and Toru, and send it to your friends
3. Put this link in your email signature or instant messenger status: http://www.greenpeace.org/tokyo-two (and thanks to all of you who spotted the typo in our last message!)
4. Put a banner on your website or blog, or the code for the action itself: you'll find materials here
5. And for your friends that like games -- send them Mister Splashy Pants to the Rescue -- our online game in which the world's most famous humpback returns the favour, and saves the whale activists who saved him All the best,
The Greenpeace Whales Team
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