[news] an activist of homeless liberation group in osaka was kidnapped and arrested by Polizei

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[Alerts] an activist of homeless liberation group in osakkka
 was kidnapped and arrested by G.P.

author: rebel_JILL        e-mail: rebel_jill98 at yahoo.co.jp

Comrades;

  an activist of homeless liberation group in osakkka was kidnapped and 
arrested by Geheimnis Polizei on 17 February 2004. he was released from 
Sonezaki police office on 19 Feb 2004. he is innocent. despite of his 
innocence, Police has not tried to apologize to him and other comrades! we 
never give up fighting against the tyranny! in solidarity!! (rebel_JILL)


Support the KamaPat crackdown of FEB 17 2004
Rage against Osaka Police's oppression on the homeless movement

To all,

On February 17 2004, the Kamagasaki-Patrol member, K's apartment was 
raided and then arrested by 10 Osaka police inspectors, including Koan 
(public order/security police detectives) under suspicion of "processing 
of inconsistent copy of electronically notarized documents". Released in 
the morning of 19th, we do not tolerate the injustice done to our fellow 
member by the Osaka police.

Osaka police did it because he had had homeless people's residents' cards 
registered under his address. But the truth is that he did it simply to 
put their address on his temporarily and to support the fellows who can 
not receive the national pension or applying for a job without address.

The homeless fellows and day laborers are being discriminated as "you have 
no address"or "you have no residential card", being so not unable to apply 
for a job nor receive the national pension. Even worse, some fellows who 
are able to receive public assistance are unable to transfer his 
residential card due to a pressure from an illegal moneylender's unjust 
collection (the moneylenders are living off of his public assistance, his 
only income to survive. The administration had not only neglected to 
tackle this social illness being irresponsible, but rather pushed more on 
the social edge. Because of non actions seen from anywhere, K had been 
providing fellow homeless to use his address. If this is a crime leading 
to an arrest, it implies that fellow homeless' basic rights and existence 
are
completely being denied. And we feel urgent not to be silent allowing them 
to do the same to other fellow homeless support groups.

During his two-day arrest and investigation, the Osaka police threatened 
him about his past protesting activities as a blackmailing exercise (he 
escorted a fellow applying for public assistance, demanding welfare ward 
officer for a fare procession.). After the even, more than 10 officers 
approach the homeless tents where the fellows who had used his address, 
and made them put in an appearance, then harassing them by saying "Change 
your address immediately otherwise we arrest you." "(by showing the 
supporters' photo images) Who is the leader?" "Give the supporters' names 
and who were at the protest in last May?" (A protest to Osaka 
administration when fellow's belongings was forcefully taken). "Why you do 
soup-kitchen?" They even accused not to do soup-kitchen in Umeda Station 
(Kama-pat's recently lanched activity). All these questions irrelevant of 
this event, sometime up to nine hours a day! When the fellows remain 
silence, which is protected by the constitution, the police kick the 
fellows legs or grub the fellows and bully them.

Police patrolling and controlling of parks are entailed in "Homeless 
Special Treatment Law" which was formed in July 2002 and the nation's 
"homeless support policy" Even before these new law and policy, we had 
seen administrating and monitoring such as the case the Osaka police were 
collecting fingerprints of fellow homeless when imperial family was 
visiting the area. The police have increasing its power and establishing 
the nation who could exercise a war since the Yuji Law (controversial 
national emergency law) and sending Japanese Self Defense Force to Iraq.

Since the introduction of infamous "homeless special treatment bill", 
elimination and interning (into shelters) are escalating everywhere in 
Japan. We are certain that the case of raiding and arresting of our fellow 
member had intended to destroy the homeless movement. We are certain 
because the pretense used for was a minor offence and long hours of 
investigations, often irrelevant to the case, done to the fellow homeless, 
was nothing but unnecessary.

We do not tolerate the Osaka police's unjust suppression on the homeless 
support group. We encourage all of our fellow supporters to support and be 
fully aware of the case onward, and kindly ask you to sing the protest 
statement below.

Please email or fax us after signing your name and your organization. Your 
names will be on our website or our flyer.

e-mail: kamapat (at) infoseek.jp
phone&fax: +81-6-6374-2233
url:  http://www.geocities.co.jp/WallStreet/9279/

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rebel_jill98 at yahoo.co.jp

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 we'll be singing
when we're winning
 we'll be singing
i get knocked down
 but i get up again
u're never going to keep me down(ChumbaWamba)
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$$      $$$$$$$$$$$$       $$
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 instead of THEIR violence,
  WE must try to get OUR MUTUAL AID SOCIETIES
   all over the world.(@Libertaire-JILL)

rebel_jill98 at yahoo.co.jp