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Disability Activists Protest Holding Paralympic Torch Ceremony At Site of Disability Massacre

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In 2016, nineteen people with disabilities were brutally murdered by a former employee of a residential facility in Sagamihara, Japan. NDY reported on this Hate Crime: A killing rampage targets disabled people and on an ONLINE VIGIL FOR THE MURDERED DISABLED PEOPLE OF SAGAMIHARA. We also wrote a Statement on the First Anniversary of the Sagamihara Murders in … Continue reading Disability Activists Protest Holding Paralympic Torch Ceremony At Site of Disability Massacre →

NDY Statement on the First Anniversary of the Sagamihara Murders

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[Editor’s note: Disability advocates in Japan requested this Statement which was written by Stephen Drake, NDY’s Research Analyst, and will be translated and read during a ceremony to be held on July 26, 2017 honoring the victims of the Sagamihara murders.] One year ago, 19 disabled people were brutally stabbed to death by a young … Continue reading NDY Statement on the First Anniversary of the Sagamihara Murders →

AUGUST 4: ONLINE VIGIL FOR THE MURDERED DISABLED PEOPLE OF SAGAMIHARA

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A few days ago, we reported the news of the massacre of 19 disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan. There’s been a lot of writing within the disability community about this horrific hate crime, but very little in the mainstream press. There have been a few vigils for the victims of the attack, but it’s hard … Continue reading AUGUST 4: ONLINE VIGIL FOR THE MURDERED DISABLED PEOPLE OF SAGAMIHARA →

Hate Crime: A killing rampage targets disabled people

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Like so many in the disability community who have heard this news, we were horrified to begin the July 26th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by reading of the murder of 19 people with disabilities in a residential institution in Japan. Japan Today reported the following details of the “stabbing rampage”: The man … Continue reading Hate Crime: A killing rampage targets disabled people →