Release The Japan Hosei University 6
Release The Japan Hosei University 6
Statement Of The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
The Bay Area Transport Workers Solidarity Committee www.transportworkers.org calls for the immediate release
of 6 student activists from jail. They were jailed as a result of a political crackdown of
students protesting and organizing against privatization and militarization of Japanese education.
The university management went to the Tokyo Metropolitan Court to get an injunction to prevent the leafleting and
rallying on public streets in Tokyo next to Hosei University. Students and activists were arrested for leafletting and rallying
next to the university. This attack on basic democratic rights is inexcusable and we call for the immediate release of
these students and the dropping of charges of many others who have been arrested.
These students have stood against privatization of education and public services including transportation in Japan.
Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
2/18/2010