A Second Letter from Jailed Professor Masaki Shimoji

For the first letter from Professor Masaki Shimoji who has been jailed since December 9th for opposing the debris incineration in Osaka, please refer to the following link:
http://fukushimavoice-eng.blogspot.com/2012/12/unjust-arrest-of-professor-opposing.html

Please sign this petition to demand the immediate and unconditional release of Associate Professor Masaki Shimoji.

http://keepcivicactivity.jimdo.com/english/

December 14th letter

Thank you so very, very much.  I am actually more comfortable than I imagined I would be in jail.

We have to adhere to a schedule, but I don’t particularly have any problems with it since I normally get up about the same time every morning.  I mostly do writing in my room, so surprisingly I spend little time reading.  I would like to thank the person from Osaka-city who gave me a book to read.  (But I might not like reading a book by Haruki Murakami that much).

Interrogation takes place on a daily basis.  This is a moment to face the authority of the nation, so it makes me nervous.  I can’t fight them alone.  However, I am told many people are supporting me, which helps me fight.  I really appreciate all your support.

I think the food served here probably has some radiation contamination, but I have resigned to eat it.  If it looks like it might be quite contaminated, I leave it out.  That’s how it has been.  I don’t care about not being able to have snacks.

What I feel the most strongest about is the cruelty of someone having to engage in unjust work of participating in an unjust arrest and unjust detainment.  I would like the world to be a place for young police officers to be freed from such unjust work and concentrate on decent work.  That’s how I feel.

I am sorry I can’t help you with the disaster debris issue at this critical stage.  I have a firm belief in all of you.

December 14, 2012
Masaki Shimoji
In jail


Original letter from the following link:
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/garekitaiho1113/e/8f642133a1651cf0188345b7229d4a29

Statement from Dr. Helen Caldicott in support of Professor Shimoji

Professor Shimoji is a brave and moral man who is worried about his students and future generations. It is imperative that he be supported in his quest to halt incineration of radioactive waste in Osaka and elsewhere in Japan as this will add to the misery, sickness and deaths that will be the Fukushima legacy.

Helen Caldicott

ヘレン・カルディコット博士からの声明文

下地教授は、学生や次世代の人々を気遣う、勇敢で道徳心のある人物です。大阪あるいは日本のその他の地域において、苦しみ、病、死といった福島の遺産を増やすことからも、下地教授の追求する放射能汚染瓦礫焼却停止を、私達がサポートすることは必須です。

ヘレン・カルディコット

We are collecting individual and group statements from all over the world in support of freeing Professor Shimoji.  Please send them with your name, name of your organization if any, and your address to frcsrus@gmail.com.