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First nuclear legacy conference

By Journal on March 9, 2017 Bill Graham, Dr. Neal Palafox, Emlyn Hughes, Enewetak, Enja Enos, Glenn Alcalay, Hilary Hosia, John Silk, Karen Stewart, Kenneth Kedi, Meto Court, nuclear legacy conference, Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day, RMI, Tony ‘Ton-Ton’ deBrum Kattil, Tony deBrum, Trudy Peterson, Ujelang News Archive

Following the traditional annual program commemorating Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day at the Meto Court area in front of the capitol building Wednesday morning, the RMI’s first ever nuclear legacy conference opened in the afternoon at the International Conference Center. The theme for the conference was “Charting a Journey Toward Justice.” After an invocation by the […]

‘Anger hasn’t faded in 71 years’

By Journal on March 2, 2017 Bikini Atoll, Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, Jack Ading, Karen Stewart, Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day, Tony deBrum News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON “Grief, terror and righteous anger” has not faded for Marshall Islanders despite the passage of 71 years since the first nuclear weapons test at Bikini Atoll, President Hilda Heine told the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day ceremony Wednesday in Majuro. The event, that included a parade, ringing of a bell 71 times to mark […]