APPEAL My name is Osayuwamen Idubor, a Nigerian national married to a Polish national. I have lived in Japan for 18 years and own a restaurant bar called "Big Y`s Cafe" in Yokohama City. I was arrested on January 22nd, 2007, in my bar Big Y`s Cafe by the police from Yokohama Kagacho Police Station. I was falsely accused of raping a Japanese woman on the morning of November 1st, 2006, who said she had been drunk. Without any material evidence, the police arrested me based on the complainant's statements, which keep changing and conflict with each other. There is every reason to believe that the complainant's female friend who was my bar's customer that I had a problem with before (details on http://www.debito.org) used the complainant to set me up with this case, and the police helped them out by destroying very valuable evidence in my favour. The complainant wasn't drunk in my bar. The case was tried by the Yokohama District Court and took almost a year since my arrest. I was denied bail throughout the detention. I have rashes all over my scalp and my hair is falling out, and I have blood coming out from my ear, and yet I have been denied sufficient medical treatment. I was declared guilty on the 10th of December 2007 and was sentenced to three years in prison, less 7 months and 20 days out of almost a year I was detained before the verdict. We have appealed to the Tokyo High Court. The hearing is scheduled to start at 3:00 pm on March 24th, 2008 at Tokyo High Court, 8th floor, in Court Room No.803. I didn't commit this crime. I am completely innocent. I am not a rapist. I am a married man and I love my wife very much and I have a happy home. I beg the public to please help me to fight this case by attending the Court on the day of the hearing and publicizing this case and in every other way you can help. Because of this crime I am falsely accused of, I have lost trust and everything I have worked very hard for. Please help me prove my innocence so that I can restore my life back to normal again. I didn't commit this crime. I am not a rapist or a criminal, and I don't deserve to be treated like a criminal. PLEASE HELP ME. I AM INNOCENT !!!
Osayuwamen Idubor Yokohama Detention Center 3-3-2008