＝福島原発避難訴訟判決に抗議＝
2011年3月 東京電力福島第一原子力発電所の事故で避難した人たちが、東京電力や国に対して損害賠償を求めた訴訟で、2022年6月17日、千葉県や群馬県などで提訴された4件の訴訟は国の賠償責任を否定する判決を示した。（「津波対策が講じられても事故が発生した可能性がある」とした最高裁判決は、国の責任はないとした）
それから3年、昨年に続き今年も、最高裁判決に抗議するため東京千代田区の最高裁裁判所の敷地周辺を人間の鎖で包囲する行動を起こした。
約1150人の参加者は、炎天下の中1キロにわたって手を繋ぎ、「司法の独立はどこへ行った」「原発事故は国の責任」「未来に誇れる判断を」等、シュプレヒコールを上げて怒りのこぶしを最高裁に向けた。
今もなお、大勢の人たちが故郷に帰れず、汚染土壌の問題も解決されていない。事故から１４年解決されないまま時の流れで風化されるのを防ぎ、国が責任を持って解決にあたるべきである。
=Protest against
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Evacuation Lawsuit Ruling=
In March 2011,
people who evacuated due to the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant filed lawsuits seeking damages from Tokyo
Electric Power Company and the government. On June 17, 2022, four lawsuits
filed in Chiba Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, and other areas were ruled in the
courts denying the government's liability for compensation. (The Supreme Court
ruled that the accident could have occurred even if tsunami countermeasures had
been taken, and therefore the government was not responsible.)
Three years
later, just like last year, people formed a human chain around the Supreme
Court grounds in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward to protest against the Supreme Court
ruling.
About 1,150
participants held hands for one kilometer under the scorching sun, chanting
slogans such as "Where has the independence of the judiciary gone?",
"The nuclear accident is the government's responsibility" and
"Make a decision that we can be proud of in the future," and raised
their angry fists toward the Supreme Court.
Even now, many
people are unable to return to their hometowns, and the problem of contaminated
soil has not been resolved. 14 years have passed since the accident, and I
think the government should take responsibility and work to resolve the issue,
rather than letting it be forgotten with the passage of time.
