三宮では、「7.26神戸アクショングループ」が障害問題を浮き彫りにしています
“三ノ宮では、障害者グループ「7.26神戸アクトン」が障害問題の認識を高めています。”
Category: Forced Sterilization
Hyogo based group continues to highlight disability issues in Kobe
“The ‘7.26 Kobe Action Group’ has been attempting to raise disability awareness since the killing of disabled people at a Sagamihara care home on July 26th 2016.”
Give relief as quickly as possible to victims of forced sterilization
“The working team does not plan to notify each victim individually. The team cited reasons including, “Some people do not want others to know they underwent this surgery.” Instead, the relief program will be publicized and the people will be urged to apply for redress.”
NHK Reports on Forced Sterilized and the Japanese Government’s ‘non-disclosure policy’
“The nondisclosure policy, which would even be applied to victims with surgery records, is designed to protect the victims’ privacy, say its drafters. But caregivers of victims with intellectual disabilities and experts suspect that its hidden goal is to limit the number of people who come forward to receive the compensation.”
Gov’t silence on sterilization damage to victims faces criticism from experts
“The nondisclosure policy, which would even be applied to victims with surgery records, is designed to protect the victims’ privacy, say its drafters. But caregivers of victims with intellectual disabilities and experts suspect that its hidden goal is to limit the number of people who come forward to receive the compensation.”
Forced abortion, sterilization cases in Japan among deaf rises to 127
“A total of 109 hearing-impaired people were forced to undergo 127 cases of sterilization operations or abortions under a postwar eugenics law, according to an ongoing investigation by the Japanese Federation of the Deaf (JFD).”
Forced sterilization court case in Kobe reveals policy of infertility treatment on ‘unhappy children’
“The policy of Hyogo prefecture at this time clearly states that the policy was to “seek medical assistance from physicians to aggressively perform eugenic surgery by doctor’s application, and guidance and awareness of stakeholders”. It was also recorded that a system to subsidize the costs of forced sterilization surgery was introduced depending on the type of disability.”
