Video : Example of inhuman violence offered by Immigration Bureau to a foreigner in an overstay situation in Japan

　　

This video seems to be a typical example of inhuman violence, in Japan, offered by the Immigration Bureau to foreigners in overstay situations. This video is the case of Mr. Andre Kusunoki, Brazilian with a Japanese origin in an overstay situation, uploaded on YouTube by a Japanese newspaper, Mainichi Shimbun. Reportedly, this video was shot by the Immigration Bureau, in order for them to try to prove that there is no problem about this treatment of foreigners in an overstay situation.

On the contrary, this video may remind many people of Mr. George Floyd who was killed by the police in Minneapolis in May 2020.



Here is a history, in Japanese, about Mr. Andre Kusunoki : Why he wishes to stay in Japan.

●ハーバー・ビジネス・オンライン
職員による暴行を「GO！GO！」と囃し立て「あなたの命は私の手の中」と口にする……。被収容者が明らかにする入管常勤医の狂気
https://hbol.jp/228565/
織田朝日
2020.09.18

According to this article on Harbor Business Online, he came to Japan when he was 18 to work. He also married a woman in Japan and had two children with her. He was living happily but he made a mistake during his life in Japan. His only mistake, but his big mistake was a possession of illegal drug. He was judged by the Japanese court as guilty with suspended sentence. Because of that, he had to divorce but his ex-wife agreed for him to meet their children.

Because of his crime, he could not renew his title to continue to stay in Japan. He was requested by Immigration Bureau to leave Japan but he hesitated because he did not want to leave his children.

He wanted to talk quietly with the Japanese authorities but he was told that he would be taken to "Ushiku". Because Ushiku, as filmed by Mr. Thomas Ash, movie director, is known as "hell", Mr. Kusunoki did not want to be taken there. He resisted and the YouTube video in the beginning of this post is what happened after that.

There are many tweets by Japanese people supporting unconditionally this violent action by Immigration Bureau just because Mr. Kusunoki is in an overstay situation or because he possessed illegal drug in the past.

My aim is not to assert that Mr. Kusunoki is totally innocent. Indeed, he paid the price by his divorce and by his current difficult situation. But is it a justifiable reason to subscribe unconditionally to such a violence by the Japanese Immigration Bureau ? In this video, we can see not only violence but also insult. This violence seems excessive and inhuman.

Here are some comments on Twitter which criticize such violence and such insult by the Japanese public (civil) servants.

日系ブラジル人クスノキさんが収容先の入管を移るように言われ、すぐに応じなかった際に起きたこと。映像のロングバージョンです。クスノキさんは日本滞在のための資格が途切れただけで、なにか犯罪行為を働いたり暴力を振るったりして入管にいたわけではありません。https://t.co/0QlCXqPPEX

— 香山リカ (@rkayama) February 13, 2022

この映像を入管側は自分たちの正当性を証明するために提出したという。私はこの映像を見て、全く正当性を感じなかった。なぜここまで手荒なことが必要なのか、威圧的暴力的な言葉が必要なのか理解できない。https://t.co/p3fJUj2bp7

— 浜田敬子 (@hamakoto) February 14, 2022

複数の入管職員が収容されている外国人一人に対して、「制圧」と称して暴力を振るう場面の映像。正直、苦手な方はあまり見ないほうが良い生々しさです。

「うるさい、静かにしろ！」　入管施設「制圧」の実態　映像入手 https://t.co/TDWdrREzdQ

— ヤジポイの会【判決は3/25】 (@yajipoi0810) February 14, 2022

2014年3月30日に牛久入管収容所で亡くなったカメルーン国籍男性 。I'm dying!（死んじゃう）と何度も大声で叫んでいますが、医師の手当てもなく救急車も呼ばれずに死亡。クスノキさんが移送を拒んだ場所です。閲覧にはご注意ください。心が痛くなるような動画です。https://t.co/83DtafKM7y

— 和　田　浩　明💉💉/ H i r o W a d a #現場に感謝 (@spearsden) February 14, 2022

2019年１月、トルコ出身のクルド人、デニズさんが牛久入管で「制圧」された様子の映像。クスノキさんが移送を拒んだ行先です。こちらも、「閲覧注意」です。https://t.co/wMrfXYsJOa

— 和　田　浩　明💉💉/ H i r o W a d a #現場に感謝 (@spearsden) February 14, 2022

入管施設による外国人収容者に対する暴力があまりにも酷過ぎる。

「犯罪者なんだから良いだろ」なんて言う人もいるだろうけど、入管施設に収容されている大半の外国人は凶悪犯でもなく単に書類の在留期限が切れただけ。入管から凄惨な暴力を受ける謂れなんて全くない。
pic.twitter.com/kmD5koWEFb

— 大神 (@ppsh41_1945) February 13, 2022

〝クスノキさんは苦痛に顔をゆがめ、何度も「痛い、痛い」と叫んでいる。そのことについて問われると、入国警備官は「けがの発生を防ぐため」などと繰り返し、制圧の正当性を主張した。しかし、クスノキさんは負傷し、移送の翌日「左腱板不全損傷」と診断されている〟https://t.co/gunfwjcAX3

— 上東麻子 (@asako_kami) February 14, 2022

入管施設「制圧」の実態　映像入手 https://t.co/OigkmHwCOi 「倒そう、制圧、制圧」。手袋をはめた制服姿の入管職員が、収容されていた日系ブラジル人男性を6人がかりで押さえ込み、「痛い、痛い」と叫ぶ男性の腕をねじり上げた。「痛いじゃねーんだよ」「うるさい、静かにしろ」。職員の大声が響き

— 保坂展人 (@hosakanobuto) February 13, 2022

ジョージ・フロイドさんが殺された場面を思い出す。
クスノキさんは左腱板不全損傷を負わされて長期の肩のリハビリか手術が必要になり、現在も肩に痛みが残り、腕が上げづらい状況という。https://t.co/oh54OIgsLt

— naoko (@konahiyo) February 13, 2022

With this case of Andre Kusunoki, we can understand that Wishma Sandamali case is not a special one but an ordinary one for the Japanese Immigration Bureau and for a part of the Japanese public opinion which agree on such a violence by the public servants. Wishma Sandamali would not have died if the Japanese Immigration Bureau and the Japanese government had respected the human rights.

Stop any violence by the Japanese public servants and by the Japanese institution. .






Additional comment :
Indeed, Wishma Sandamali is not the first victim.

ウィシュマさんは「最初」の被害者ではない

これを「最後」にするために、入管は、日本社会は、全てを明らかにしなくてはいけない#0306入管闘争全国一斉アクション #0306NeverForgetWishma #JusticeForWishma pic.twitter.com/2LU8wIPQW9

— そら《solakofi》やれることやるよ (@solakofi) March 6, 2022

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