Statement by NPO DPI (Disabled Peoples’ International) on Sagamihara
Emergency protest statement: protest statement against Sagamihara disabilities stabbing incident
On July 26, with respect to place persons with disabilities casualties incident in Sagamihara, DPI Japan meeting was issued a protest statement.
▽ protest statement against Sagamihara disabilities killing incident (word) (PDF)
DPI Japan conference will continue to protest resolutely.
Below, protest statement full text
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July 27, 2016
Protest statement against the Sagamihara disabilities stabbing incident
NPO DPI (Disabled Peoples’ International) Japan conference
chairman Midori Hirano
We DPI (Disabled Peoples’ International) Japan conference is the organization that people with disabilities beyond the type of failure is doing the exercise for society that can live together with people without disabilities, 91 from Hokkaido to Okinawa is a disorder party organization that is configured in the organization.
In the early morning of July 26, 2016 to pray for the souls of those who are not you died in the Sagamihara City of disability occurred disability stabbing incident at the facility, we would like your sympathy to those who have been injured.
But must wait for the future is full extent is unknown the elucidation of the incident at the moment, according to reports the suspects entered the facility in the middle of the night, one after another hit people with disabilities with a knife, to kill, to the examining of the Kanagawa prefectural police It has also been reported to have a statement to the effect that “good if not have Nante people with disabilities.”
If, fought this and is that it is fact, not other people with disabilities to act based on the eugenic idea that “there should not be there”, our DPI Japan conference is a eugenic thought resolutely with all your strong anger and deep sadness here vow to go again.
In recent years, in the sense of stagnation is stronger, in the social circumstances that hate speech and hate crime against minorities, including the disability is caused, should not be overlooked that has occurred this incident.
Hate speech, not allowed to hate crime, they will change the social conditions that are caused, everyone is there is a need to promote the inclusive society that does not or is or exclude.
In the disability field, is ratified Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2014, such as the Disability Discrimination resolved method is enforced from April this year, that no symbiosis society = inclusive society, which is separated divided by the presence or absence of failure aiming efforts have been underway.
We are, without flinching in this incident, are protected persons with disabilities in the life and dignity, to be able to exercise a variety of rights, is an activity the more strengthen commitment towards inclusive society.
Although suspects and persons to be of hospitalizations and the like have been talked about in the press part, those that seek to match that is news that could tilt the prejudice and prejudice in the whole picture of the incident has not been elucidated withheld it is.
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