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ZWC_yamada APFS has now announcedYoko Tada Anti-Authority Human Rights AwardWe received the award. On December 18, 2011 (Saturday), our representative director, Kato, gave a commemorative lecture at the General Council Hall titled "The Struggle to Protect the Rights of Illegally Immigrated Foreign Residents."
The Tada Yoko Anti-Power Human Rights Fund was established on June 13, 1989, in memory of lawyer Tada Yoko, who passed away prematurely at the young age of 29 on December 18, 1986, and to carry on her legacy. It was created by adding donations from volunteers to Tada Yoko's estate. As a lawyer, Tada Yoko engaged in numerous anti-repression and human rights advocacy activities. Every year, around December 18, the anniversary of Tada Yoko's death, the fund honors and presents prizes to organizations and individuals who have fought against all forms of power, including state power, and dedicated themselves to protecting human rights. Its main purpose is to hold lectures by the award recipients and to broadly engage with people interested in human rights.
The reasons for the award are as follows:
Reason for award
Established in 1987 through the cooperation of the rapidly increasing number of people from Asia and the Japanese, the ASIAN PEOPLE'S FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY (APFS) has long been working to protect the rights of foreigners who are in a vulnerable position and unable to speak out. In particular, in recent years, as the number of foreigners who come to Japan and stay for extended periods has increased, and as international marriages and settlement trends have risen, the Japanese government continues to impose harsh policies on so-called undocumented foreigners who stay beyond their permitted period of stay, resulting in situations where even children born and raised in Japan are forcibly deported, APFS is fighting alongside many undocumented foreigners to win legal residency.
I express my heartfelt respect for APFS's activities, which have been persistently fighting based on the principle that even undocumented immigrants must have their human rights protected, and have advanced the fight to the point where the Ministry of Justice has been forced to change its foreigner policy, and I present them with the Yoko Tada Anti-Authority Human Rights Award.