Japan: Key Tokyo Two defence witnesses to put whaling on trial

15 January 2010

The prospect of putting the Japanese whaling programme on trial and defending the principle of peaceful civil disobedience moved a step closer today. Following repeated denials of key defence evidence, the legal team for the Tokyo Two were today surprised and pleased to win the inclusion of all key witnesses.

Included in the defence witness list are three crewmembers from the whaling fleet and one of the whistleblowers who asked Greenpeace to investigate corruption within the whaling programme after witnessing embezzlement first hand on the whaling ships...

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