Nuclear Survivors: 80 Years of Struggle for Justice

Typographisch gestalteter Flyer mit Text: Nuclear Survivors: 80 Years of Struggle for Justice. May 8, 2025, 6:00 pm // conference room PRIF, Baseler Str. 27–31, 60329 Frankfurt. Film screening & Panel discussion. Film screening JARA – Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan | documentary, with an introduction by filmmaker Aigerim Seitenova Panel Aigerim Seitenova | Qazaqstan, Co-Founder of the Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition and 3rd generation nuclear test survivor from Semei, filmmaker Aigerim Yelgeldy | Qazaqstan, 3rd generation nuclear test survivor from Semei Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross | Mā‘ohi Nui, activist and member of the Assembly of Mā’ohi Nui, Nuclear Free Future Award laureate Dr. Caroline Fehl | Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Moderation Juliane Hauschulz | IPPNW Interpreter Yerdaulet Rakhmatulla | Qazaqstan, Co-Founder of the Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition More information: https://www.prif.org/nuclearsurvivors. Logos IPPNW, PRIF

Film screening and panel discussion organized by IPPNW and PRIF

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These devastating attacks, as well as decades of testing and production of nuclear weapons, have caused severe and lasting human suffering and ecological damage. The nuclear past continues to have conse­quences for the people affected up to the present day.

As part of a series of events with survivors of nuclear weapons tests, organized by IPPNW Germany, the nuclear survivors Aigerim Seitenova and Aigerim Yelgeldy from Qazaqstan as well as Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross from Mā’ohi Nui visit Germany to give personal testimonies about the impact on their health, their country and their communities. 

Aigerim Seitenova will show her documentary film JARA – Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan which explores the survival stories of six women who deal with the tragic legacy of 40 years of nuclear testing on Qazaq land. 

A panel of survivors and researchers will then discuss challenges of nuclear justice. It will explore how we can and should deal with nuclear wrongdoing in the past. This includes questions of criminal liability, reparations for victims and environmental remediation, truth-seeking and necessary legal reforms. The event aims to shed light on what has been achieved so far in these different areas, identify gaps, and suggest what should be done to fill them.

The event is organized in cooperation between IPPNW Germany and PRIF. Participation is free of charge.

When: May 8, 2025, 6 pm – 8 pm 

Where: PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Baseler Straße 27-31 60329 Frankfurt am Main

Program:

Welcome address: Juliane Hauschulz, IPPNW 

Film screening: JARA – Radioactive Patriarchy, with an introduction by filmmaker Aigerim Seitenova

Panel discussion and Q&A

  • Aigerim Seitenova, Qazaqstan, Co-Founder of the Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition and 3rd generation nuclear test survivor from Semei, filmmaker
  • Aigerim Yelgeldy, Qazaqstan, 3rd generation nuclear test survivor from Semei
  • Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross, Mā'ohi Nui, activist and member of the Assembly of Mā’ohi Nui, Nuclear Free Future Award laureate
  • Dr. Caroline Fehl, Senior Researcher, PRIF

Moderation: Juliane Hauschulz, IPPNW
Interpreter: Yerdaulet Rakhmatulla, Qazaqstan, Co-Founder of the Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition

Further information on the event series by IPPNW Germany: https://survivors.ippnw.de/atomtests/survivors-of-nuclear-weapons-testing-visiting-germany.html

Further information on the documentary: https://aigerimseitenova.com/jara_radioactivepatriarchy

Poster mit Foto einer atomaren Explosion und vier Portraitfotos sowie dem Text: Survivors of Nuclear Weapons Testing Event Series in Germany. Nuclear Test Survivors from Qazaqstan and Ma'aho Nui talk about nuclear history and the struggle for justice.
Poster of the IPPNW event series