Seoul Tribunal on Atomic Bombings, in Second Day, Builds Case for Acknowledgement, Apology, Reparations, and Prevention of Repetition
Seoul Tribunal on Atomic Bombings, in Second Day, Builds Case for Acknowledgement, Apology, Reparations, and Prevention of Repetition Asia , Demilitarization , East and Southeast Asia , Endangerment , Immorality , World By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 14, 2026 Report on Day 1 . Remarks on Day 1 from Ann Wright . On Day 2 of this International People’s Tribunal, we heard more powerful stories from victims, as well as more testimony from expert historians, lawyers, and advocates (some people are, of course, more than one of those things). New witnesses: We also heard in particular about the Japanese occupation that forced so many Koreans to work in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where people from over 30 countries had nuclear bombs dropped on them, but by far the second largest national group there was Koreans. The tribunal heard from a witness from Congo about the damage done by uranium mining there, and a witness from the Marshall Islands about the damage done by bomb testing the...