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News Archive |
LAST UPDATE
July 11, 2005
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| April 15, 2004 |
Response to release of three Japanese hostages in Iraq |
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A thank you from Peace Boat Japan to the People of Iraq (11pm JST, April 15, 2004)
Tonight, we express our sincere gratitude to the Association of Muslim Scholars, and all the Iraqi people for the release of the three Japanese civilians, Noriaki Imai, Nahoko Takato and Soichiro Koriyama, who were taken hostage on April 8 in Iraq.
We feel that this release represents the true spirit of friendship and
cooperation from our brothers and sisters in the Arab world, and for
this we are thankful from the bottom of our hearts. >>Read more
Emergency statement in regards to the Japanese hostage crisis in Iraq
Now is the time to learn from and reflect on the crisis
Tonight, we express our sincere gratitude to the Association of Muslim Scholars, and all the Iraqi people for the release of the three Japanese civilians, Noriaki Imai, Nahoko Takato and Soichiro Koriyama, who were taken hostage on April 8 in Iraq.
We deeply appreciate the efforts of the Association of Muslim Scholars: their sympathy of the Japanese hostages’ humanitarian work, and their repeated appeals to the hostage-takers, were instrumental in bringing about the release. Aljazeera’s consistent coverage of the voice of Japanese civil society was also critical in helping to secure the release.
The result is due in significant part to the committed efforts of non-governmental people working together in protest against the US-led occupying forces, and the dispatch of Japanese self defense forces (SDF) to Iraq. The immediacy in which Japanese civil society mobilized and used their international networks to urge the hostage takers to release the three captives is a testimony to the effectiveness of people-to-people diplomacy. >>Read more |
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