Dear all, We achieved our goal and Megumi Igarashi, who works under the alias Rokudenashiko, was released from arrest! On July 18 attorney Takashi Yamaguchi, a member of her defense team, said that the court accepted our appeal against her arrest and Rokudenashiko was discharged. (EN) http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/19/national/crime-legal/vagina-artist-arrested-obscenity-charges-released-police-lawyer/ (JP)http://www.bengo4.com/topics/1813/ I would like to use this opportunity to thank everyone involved – from those who signed the petition so quickly, through those who spread the word and helped stimulate the debate about the issue to those who helped out with translation. Thank you very much ! Rokudenashiko was arrested because of the strong will and conviction by the police - the arrest was carried out without advance notice even though there was no possibility that the artist would destroy the evidence or try to run away. The fact that this arrest has been overturned in no longer than four days is undoubtedly thanks to the efforts by the defense team and the overwhelming force of your 20,000 signatures. In fact, the defense team members said that “This release is a very, very, very rare case” “The process of gathering signatures has been discussed among us” “The judges had to make a proper judgment, taking into consideration high level of interest by the public” It will take some time until the decision on prosecution / non-prosecution of Rokudenashiko will have been reached, and the court still has not determined that she was not guilty. That’s why we, who created the pledge, promise to follow up on this case until it’s solved. I would like to ask you to please keep a close eye on further developments.