Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Japanese edition of MVFHR's Gallery of Victims' Stories





The Japanese Religious Network Against the Death Penalty has published a Japanese version of MVFHR's Gallery of Victims' Stories. They have translated the text of several MVFHR members' stories into Japanese, have added the story of Masaharu Harada, who is the founder of MVFHR's Japanese affiliate, and have included an introduction as well.

We are excited to know that the voices of these U.S. victims' family members and families of the executed will be heard in Japan and can be used to help strengthen victim opposition to the death penalty there. Of the 1,000 booklets printed, 350 will be distributed to members of the Religious Network Against the Death Penalty and the rest will be sold for a small fee; proceeds will benefit MVFHR and our Japanese affiliate, Ocean. We extend our gratitude to all those who helped to make this booklet available.

日本の、「死刑を止めよう」宗教者ネットワークは、MVFHRの「Gallery of Victims' Stories」 (被害者のストリー集)の日本語訳版のブックレットを発行しました。本はMVFHRの会員らの話とMVFHRによる前書きが翻訳され、Ocean(MVFHRのアフィリエート団体)の原田代表の話も含まれています。

私達は、アメリカの被害者家族や死刑執行された遺族の声が多くの日本の人に届き、殺人被害者遺族が死刑を反対するという気持ちや活動の手助けになれば、とても嬉しく思います。今回の初版千部のうち、350部は宗教者ネットワークの会員に配布され、残りは一部100円で必要な方に売られその売り上げはMVFHRやOceanに寄付されます。この本の発行において努力を惜しまず、協力された多くの「死刑を止めよう」宗教者ネットワークの関係者に感謝します。

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