2024-08-09 03:00:00
The Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Ceremony was held on the 6th, and for the first time this year, admission restrictions were extended to the entire Peace Memorial Park. Some civil groups did not comply with the order to leave and continued to stay in the park. Some people were forced to express their opinions outside the park. As the world tilts towards war, there are fears that the world is “violating the freedom to advocate for peace”. (Yamada Yuyuki)
◆What is the legal basis for the city government’s eviction order? ‘This is a hindrance to park management’
Admission will be restricted starting at 5 a.m. on the 6th. About 650 members of a citizens’ group had been sitting in front of the park’s atomic bomb dome since the night before, protesting city officials’ demands that they move them out of the park and asking: “Is there any legal basis for doing this?”
After repeatedly asking and ordering them to leave, the city government ordered the group to pay a 50,000 yen fine, but the participants remained in the park until a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m. The group’s executive director, Ryo Miyahara, 48, criticized the group, saying “the regulations are one-sided. We have been protesting against war and nuclear weapons in front of the dome.” The company plans to appeal the fine to the city.
What is the basis for the city to order evictions and fines? A head of the city’s Green Policy Section, which manages the park, said in an interview with the Kokoro Special News Department, “The City Park Ordinance prohibits failure to comply with requirements for actions for safety purposes and is deemed to interfere with park management. .
In May, the city announced stricter entry rules as a safety measure. The reason for the move was described as a “conflict incident” in which five activists were arrested and charged for allegedly bumping into city officials at a ceremony last year. The entire park area, including the area around the dome, which was freely accessible until last year, is now a controlled area with baggage checks. Loudspeakers and banners, as well as headbands and bib numbers, are prohibited.
◆The death incident that lasted for more than 40 years was also robbed of space in front of the atomic bomb dome.
Kazuyuki Tamura, an emeritus professor of administrative law at Hiroshima University who went to the park on the morning of the 6th, emphasized that “many people who wanted to pray for peace were turned away and their freedom of speech was violated.” It has not yet been confirmed whether the area around the dome is being used. used as a ceremonial venue, the government concluded that the government “regulated an area that was not actually used, preventing citizens from free use of the park.”
The “death” event, in which people pretend to be dead and lie in front of the dome to commemorate the time the atomic bomb was dropped, has been held for more than 40 years, but this year it was moved to a location outside the park. Executive Committee Secretary-General Shigeaki Kuno (64) also condemned the event, saying: “This is a difficult decision. The area in front of the dome is a place where citizens can freely advocate for peace. This is a serious stain.” Being taken away from us.
Different from previous years, this death event was held in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome and was held outside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on the 6th (provided by Kuno Shigeaki).
Kunihiko Sakuma (79), chairman of the Atomic Bomb Victims Group Council of Hiroshima Prefecture, said: “Peace means freedom is guaranteed. As a symbol of lasting peace, do we correctly understand the significance of the Peace Memorial Park?” He said, regarding this Confused about the city’s regulations.
◆ “Political use of rituals is not permitted.”
The Hiroshima ceremony was criticized for inviting Israel to attack the Palestinian autonomous region of Gaza. Israel will not be invited to the ceremony in Nagasaki on the 9th, and the US and British ambassadors will also be absent.
Sakuma said, “The decision not to invite Nagasaki was determined by the atomic bombing area, which is commendable,” and expressed concern that the anti-war and anti-nuclear wishes of the atomic bombing area were being played on. “It is unacceptable to use the ceremony as a political forum. The wishes of atomic bomb survivors to ‘never again use atomic bombs’ are being trampled on.”
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