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apfseditor APFS has now announcedTada Yoko Anti-Power Human Rights AwardOn Saturday, December 18, 2011, our representative director, Mr. Kato, gave a commemorative speech entitled "The Fight to Protect the Rights of Undocumented Foreigners" at the General Council of Trade Unions Hall.
The Tada Yoko Anti-Power Human Rights Fund was established on June 13, 1989, in memory of lawyer Tada Yoko, who died at the young age of 29 on December 18, 1986, and to ensure her wishes are carried out in the future, by adding donations from volunteers to her legacy. As a lawyer, Tada Yoko was involved in numerous anti-oppression and human rights activities. Every year around December 18, the anniversary of Tada Yoko's death, the main purpose of the foundation is to honor organizations and individuals who have fought against all forms of power, including state power, and devoted themselves to the protection of human rights, by presenting them with a cash prize, as well as holding a lecture by the award winner and interacting widely with people interested in human rights protection.
The reasons for the award are as follows:
Reasons for the award
Founded in 1987 with the cooperation of Japanese and Asian people, whose numbers were rapidly increasing, the ASIAN PEOPLE'S FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY (hereinafter APFS) has been working for many years to protect the rights of foreigners who are in a weak position and cannot speak out. In recent years in particular, as foreigners who come to Japan are staying longer, there is a growing trend towards international marriage and settling down, and the Japanese government continues to take harsh measures against so-called irregular foreigners who stay in Japan beyond their visa period, leading to the deportation of even children born and raised in Japan. In this situation, APFS is fighting together with many irregular foreigners to win legal status for their stay.
APFS has fought tenaciously based on the principle that the human rights of even undocumented immigrants must be protected, and has progressed to the point of forcing the Ministry of Justice to change its foreigner policy. In recognition of this, we would like to present the group with the Tada Yoko Anti-Power Human Rights Award.