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10/4/2021 0 Comments Rolling Stone: "CIA Reportedly Considered Kidnapping, Assassinating Julian Assange"10/3/2021 0 Comments U.S. military human rights violations in the Pacific: Okinawa, Mariana (Guam), Hawaii | United Nations PresentationPresentation at the United Nations Human Rights Council 48th Session in Geneva, Switzerland, September 2021. Sponsored by Incomindios, an NGO in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. Co-sponsored by the Koani Foundation and the Peace For Okinawa Coalition.Special thanks to OCW670 and the Ryukyu Independence Action Network for their support. This panel examines the harmful impact of U.S. militarism among Pacific Islanders, and focuses on three Indigenous island nations: Luchu (also known as Okinawa), the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam and the Northern Marianas, and the Hawaiian Islands. All of the participants in the panel are Indigenous to the Pacific. Speakers: Robert Kajiwara, Hoshin Nakamura, Leon Kaulahao Siu, Laulani Teale, Moñeka De Oro. Kin Town, Okinawa - Uchinanchu (Indigenous Okinawans) wave signs in front of U.S. Camp Hansen saying "Don't Pollute the Water of Life!", "Don't Pollute Our Water," "Stop PFOS", "No PFOAS, PFOA," and "We life in this water."
It was recently announced that the U.S. military has again poisoned Okinawa's drinking water. The amount of toxic chemicals found in the tap water in Kin Town, Okinawa in July 2020 was found to be at dangerously high levels. However, this information was only made available to the public recently. Citizens are outraged at the long delay. The chemicals used by the U.S. military, PFOS and PFOA, are known as "forever chemicals" since they do not break down and can over time accumulate in living organisms, including humans. According to the CDC and EPA, these chemicals can cause a large array of debilitating health problems, including cancer. "I told my children not to drink the tap water," said Ayaka Shimabuku of Kin Town. "Even if the toxins were under the recommended guidelines, I'm afraid that it will accumulate in our bodies little-by-little." * English translation done by the Peace For Okinawa Coalition. Kin Town - Both Ryukyu Shimpo and Okinawa Times are reporting that the water found near Kin Town in northern Okinawa contains dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals from the U.S. military. The levels were found July of last year, though only reported today.
Local residents of Kin Town are furious, saying they "feel betrayed," and demand to know why there was such a long delay in reporting. Yasuharu Tokuda, a medical doctor based in Okinawa, tweeted that citizens should have their blood tested to see if they have been exposed to the toxins. PFAS are known as "forever chemicals" since they do not degrade, and can accumulate over time. |
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