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People take part in a rally to oppose Japan's nuclear-contaminated water discharge plan in Seoul, South Korea, July 1, 2023. /Xinhua
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party decided on Wednesday to submit a letter to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council to protest Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater into the ocean.
Lee Jae-myung, chief of the Democratic Party, held a signing ceremony for the allegation letter, together with Woo Won-shik, head of the party's prevention committee, on the release of Japan's nuclear-contaminated wastewater.
The letter was scheduled to be submitted later this month to the UN special rapporteurs on toxics, human rights, environment and right to food after recruiting additional petitioners from the civil society.
Lee Jae-myung, chairman of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP), addresses a rally to oppose Japan's nuclear-contaminated water discharge plan in Seoul, South Korea, July 1, 2023. /Xinhua
The Democratic Party said in the letter that the dumping of the radioactive wastewater into the marine environment will violate the fundamental human rights convention and the scientific safety standard and principle.
The party noted that the dumping will pose serious risks to the marine environment and the enjoyment of human rights of affected populations including future generations, stressing that alternatives should be actively considered and pursued according to safety standards.
Amid wide criticism from both home and abroad, the Japanese government has been pushing to dump the nuclear-contaminated wastewater this summer from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was hit by a massive earthquake and an ensuing tsunami in March 2011.
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