U.S. president Donald Trump ordered atomic weapons trials to resume. In a post on the fact Social portal, he explained this to another countries: «Because another countries have test programmes, I instructed the War Department to start atomic weapons tests». The United States has not conducted specified tests since 1992.
The decision sparked immediate and fierce criticism. The Nihon Hidankyo organization, which received the Nobel Peace Prize last year, stated on Friday in consequence to Trump's statement: «This directive (Trumpa) contradicts the efforts of nations around the planet to build a peaceful planet without atomic weapons and is absolutely unacceptable». The organization brings nipponese survivors from atomic bombings.
Objection from Nagasaki
Mayor Nagasaki Shiro Suzuki besides condemned the decision of the American President. In a message cited by AFP, he warned that this decision “brings down the efforts of people from all over the planet who shed blood and tears for a planet without atomic weapons”. Suzuki highlighted the irony of the situation - nipponese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi intended to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over 200,000 people died at the time. These are the only cases of atomic weapons being utilized in the past of wars. 2 survivors from Hiroshima issued a statement: “There are no winners or losers in the atomic war. He loses all humanity».
Protesters request immediate detention of all plans for atomic weapons testing. They point to the “inhuman nature” of specified weapons, visible “in the desolation observed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki”.
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