Sunday, September 4, 2016

Anti-Nukes tent evicted!




After nearly five years, the Anti-Nukes tent in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry was evicted on August 21th in an early morning raid. At 3:40 am, there were five people in the tent and only two were awake. Eviction officers and the police came and ordered them to leave the tent within ten minutes. All the surrounding roads and the exits of the nearby subway station were blockaded. When the five people left the tent, the eviction started and within an hour everything was removed. Some major media were notified of the eviction, so the eviction process was covered by a few reporters and a camera crew. By the time the supporters of the tent rushed to the site, the eviction was already finished. More than a hundred people gathered for a protest meeting held at the tent site. Voices of anger and resolution were raised from the protesters: “Nuclear plants should be removed, and not the tent,” “Now every one of us will be the Anti-Nukes tent.” “We will fight to the end.” (M) 
Photo: Sit-in at the site of the tent after the eviction


「われわれがテント!負けないで続ける!」〜脱原発テント強制撤
去される

それは821日の未明、午前340分だった。5人の泊まり番のうち
起きていたのは2人。そこに、裁判所執行官・経産省職員・警察の
人間があらわれ「10分以内に私物をもって退去せよ」と通告した。
すでに周辺の地下鉄出口3か所と周辺道路はバリケードで封鎖され
ていた。5人が退去すると「テント撤去」作業が開始され、約1時間
で撤去が終わった。一部マスコミは事前に知らされていたようで、
三脚をたてて撤去の様子を撮影していた。未明に電話やメールで
知った支援者らが駆け付けたが、すでに作業は終わっていた。続い
て午前6時半に抗議集会、9時から記者会見、13時から抗議集会と、
テント跡地では断続的に抗議行動が取り組まれた。「撤去すべきは
原発でテントじゃない」「今度はわれわれ一人ひとりがテント」
「負けないで続ける」。怒りと新たな決意の声が聞かれた。(M
 *テント跡地に座りこむ人たち

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