Organizations with disabilities submitted comments requesting sign language interpretation at a press conference at the Blue House.
Organizations with disabilities such as’People Breaking the Wall of Disabilities’, East Seoul Center for Independent Living for the Disabled, and Sharing & Public Interest Platform Ableup held a press conference on the afternoon of the 30th, and arranged a sign language interpreter at a press conference at the Blue House, providing a sign language interpreter on the Blue House website video. Urged and submitted a written opinion.
At a press conference that day, Deaf Man-ho Noh said, “I wasn’t feeling better than watching the speech broadcast on the 3rd anniversary of President Moon Jae-in’s inauguration last May. I was watching the broadcast through a news channel, but there was no sign language interpreter. “I felt self-defeating as a sign language-speaking deaf because there was no sign language interpreter in the president’s speech to the public.”
Man-ho Noh said, “The Korean Sign Language Law states that sign language is equivalent to Korean language, but I have doubts why the president does not obey the law,” he said. “I don’t want to pass on the discrimination I received while growing up to my deaf juniors.”
He continued, “In order to do that, the Blue House has to follow the Korean sign language method. The president must first show that sign language is not only a language that supports the underprivileged, but is the language of the Republic of Korea. When giving a press conference or giving a speech to the public, you should start with having a sign language interpreter next to you.”
“People who break down the barriers of disabilities” said in a statement, “On May 10th, on the 3rd anniversary of President Moon Jae-in’s inauguration, there was a special speech to the public. At that time, 12 broadcasters, including terrestrial broadcasters, broadcasted the speech live. However, only five broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS, MBN, KTV) provided sign language interpretation,” he pointed out. “There was also a concern that the expressions of sign language interpreters of broadcasters were slightly different, resulting in arbitrary interpretation of the speech.”
“People who break down the barriers of disabilities” said, “The Blue House accepts the human rights commission’s position statement and assigns a sign language interpreter at the Blue House Chunchu Hall. It is necessary to ensure that all broadcasters that broadcast, such as the Corona 19 briefing sign language interpreter, can send out sign language interpreters with the same content.” The group added, “The Blue House website should also provide sign language interpretation as soon as possible.”
In May, “People Breaking the Barrier of Disabilities” filed a discrimination complaint with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea over the fact that the Blue House did not provide sign language interpretation at the presidential press conference, but the Human Rights Commission dismissed the complaint saying that there were broadcasters who relayed sign language interpretation on the 8th. did. However, the Human Rights Commission said, “When relaying major speeches of the Blue House or posting videos on the Blue House website, we hope to provide a sign language interpretation to guarantee real information for the deaf.”
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