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UN pans Tokyo's 'racist' new law | ||
2006-05-19 | ||
TOP UN race-discrimination investigator Doudou Diene has denounced a new Japanese law for compulsory fingerprinting of foreigners as evidence of a worldwide trend towards "criminalising" outsiders.
"Especially since 9/11, there has been a process of criminalisation of foreigners, as foreigners - of asylum-seekers, migrant workers, migrants," Mr Diene said. "(The Japanese law) is an illustration of a very worrisome development of racism in the world; it is what I call the 'banalisation' of discrimination, of racism." Mr Diene produced a report earlier this year on racial discrimination in Japan, which many Japanese deny exists in their country because of its assumed racial homogeneity. However, Mr Diene found widespread discrimination, at official and private levels, against indigenous Ainu on northern Hokkaido, Okinawans in the south, and Korean and Chinese residents. About 800,000 Koreans are the largest group among an estimated two million foreigners living in Japan. Though the Diene report was avoided by domestic news outlets, it caused a major stir in government and non-government organisations. The Government has yet to respond to Mr Diene's recommendations, including an official statement of recognition that racism and xenophobia exist in Japan, a national law banning race discrimination and a national anti-discrimination authority.
The immigration control law passed the upper house on Wednesday. Intended to prevent terrorists arriving under false identities, it calls for foreign visitors older than 16 to be fingerprinted and photographed, and it foreshadows gathering other biometric data. The law excludes ethnic Korean residents and others with special permanent residence status. | ||
Posted by:ryuge |
#7 I can't believe the AOS broke the RB Makin Fun Of Names Hudna, sets a poor example |
Posted by: 6 2006-05-19 16:17 |
#6 Doudou Diène Representative of the Senegal in the UNESCO and the General Assembly of the United Nations. Person in charge of projects of intercultural, interreligious dialogue and peace culture. Sounds like he busts his ass everyday, don't it? |
Posted by: tu3031 2006-05-19 14:45 |
#5 What's next, Doudou? Colored strips of clothing by religion? Somebody should tell him to Go To Iran. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-05-19 10:31 |
#4 When did "forigners" become a race? A little outside his brief, I'd say. |
Posted by: mojo 2006-05-19 10:03 |
#3 Fingerprint all the UN staffers and get DNA samples for future roundup. BRUAHAHAHAHA!!! Order 66! |
Posted by: DarthVader 2006-05-19 09:57 |
#2 Anything that stands between Nation-States and the New Transnational World Order (and its tool, the borderless ideology) is RACISM. |
Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-05-19 04:41 |
#1 Finger prints are racist? Who knew? What a tool. |
Posted by: SPoD 2006-05-19 04:32 |