Scores of Greenpeace activists staged rally outside the Japanese embassy in Jakarta on Monday, demanding the release of their two fellows being detained by the Japanese government.
Carrying banners containing words in Japanese and English languages asking for justice and stopping hunting whales, the activists stood in front of the embassy.
"Justice For Whales, Justice For Greenpeace," said the banners.
Representatives of the protesters were received by a senior official of the embassy.
"We ask for the release of both Greenpeace activists who are now being detained by the Japanese government without a clear reason," said Bustar Maitar, Greenpeace Forest campaigner of Southeast Asia after meeting with the official.
Both activists Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, have been in custody since recent weeks.
In addition to the release, the group also demanded the Japanese government to terminate hunting whales, which they said could extinct the species.
Maitar said the Greenpeace had tried to reveal the scandal of hunting whales by the Japanese government.
"What have been done by the Greenpeace activists was to reveal the scandal of the whales huntings under the pretex of research by the Japanese government," he said.
Japan has long been criticized for killing whales.
Source:Xinhua
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