Hiroshima Day | Join Isao Morimoto to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The atomic bombs that exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 caused unspeakable suffering and devastation. For the last 75 years, humanity has lived under the dark shadow of these uniquely horrific and terrifying tools of war.

We are not prepared to deal with the humanitarian catastrophe that would occur if nuclear weapons were to be used again. A nuclear explosion would leave everyone helpless.

Yet, the risk that nuclear weapons may be used is frighteningly high—and is increasing. Knowing our inability to respond to the consequences of a nuclear explosion, any risk of use of nuclear weapons is unacceptable.

What we cannot prepare for, we must prevent. It is high time that we take urgent action to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons.

Join us for one of our five webinars to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to honour the memory of the hundreds of thousands of victims of these atomic bombings, and to call on all States to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

For our concluding event on Hiroshima Day, 6 August 2020, Isao Morimoto will share the personal story of his mother's surviving the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack and her proceeding work in education and advocacy, which he has now continued. 

Isao Morimoto’s mother Junko Morimoto was 13 years old when she survived an Atomic Bomb attack in Hiroshima. Isao and Junko migrated to Australia in the 1980s and Isao was a supporter of Junko’s work as a children’s book author. In 1987, Junko’s book (for children) ‘My Hiroshima’ was published. Isao graduated from the Australian Film and Television school and was director’s assistant in Australian film ‘Blood Oath’, later directed a film titled ‘Ichigensan’ in Japan. After Junko passed away in 2017, Isao created life size prints of Junko’s book My Hiroshima and held an exhibition titled ‘Handover Exhibition’ in Hiroshima city in 2018.

Please register for this event, and join using the zoom link below.

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You can also join us for our other online events. 

Please register separately for each event, and use the individual Zoom link for that event.

11am ACST, Sunday, 2 August | Join Professor Tilman Ruff AO, founding member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and Co-President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), to learn about the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and why all States should sign and ratify the Treaty.

11am ACST, Monday, 3 August | Join Dr Eve Massingham as she shares her insights on the legality of nuclear weapons and the approach that States have taken with respect to nuclear weapons pursuant to their obligation to 'ensure respect for international humanitarian law' under the Geneva Conventions of 1949.

11am ACST, Tuesday, 4 August | Join Professor Dale Stephens to hear his discussions around nuclear weapons in light of international humanitarian law and the more commonly breached obligations during times of conflict.

11am ACST, Wednesday, 5 August | Join Karina Lester, a Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY Lands) in the far North West of South Australia, will share her late father's and her grandmother's story of the British Nuclear Tests in the 1950s and 1960s.

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This webinar series is co-hosted by Australian Red Cross and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Australia.