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Chernobyl: environmental, health and human rights implications. Expert Witness Papers
| Author | Permanent Peoples Tribunal |
| Date | April 1996 |
| Classification | 2.34.8.11/04 (CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT - CONSEQUENCES SURROUNDINGS - MEDICAL & MUTATIONS) |
| Remarks | also available in German: 2.34.8.11/06 and Russian: 2.34.8.11/07 |
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From the publication:
The report from the Permanent People's Tribunal has come like a breath of fresh air amidst the lies ad deception that have surrounded the true consequences of the aftermath of Chernobyl. It bears witness to the victims and gives to them a long awaited acknowledgement of their pain and suffering. This timely report will act as a vital tool to help us to break the silence and to finally, tell the truth. A truth we owe to those who have suffered and those who have yet to suffer. This report must be circulated ad read by as wide an audience as possible for it has the power to change the minds and hearts of people. We all live under the shadow of the mushroom cloud as radiation levels affect us all regardless of sex, culture or class. Then let us unite together to resist the nuclear threat and renew our belief in the holiness of the earth and sanctity of all life. In our willingness to protect the earth the reward will be great, for our children will someday inherit the earth in all its mystery and wonder. Let it be so. Adi Roche, Executive Director, Chernobyl Children's Project, Ireland. Excerpts of the Verdict of the Permanent People's Tribunal: ... The Tribunal condemns the International Atomic Energy Agency, the national commissions for atomic energy and the governments which support and finance them on behalf of the interest of the nuclear industry -for trying to promote nuclear energy through falsehood, intimidation and unethical use of money power - for their attempts to suppress all forms of alternative renewable and sustainable sources of energy ... The Tribunal blames those in the scientific community who do not stand up to safeguard the honour of their profession in the face of pressure from the nucleocrats, and maintain a deafening silence in spite of strong scientific evidence regarding the omnicidal nature of the nuclear enterprise ... Therefore - nuclear industry has to be banned for civilian as well as for military use - the current mandate for the IAEA to promote this technology has to be withdrawn by the UN ...
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