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RWB supports legal action against secrets law
Sources News Release
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR2338.htm
Publisher: Reporters without Borders
Date Written: 19/12/2014
Year Published: 2014
Resource Type: Article
Reporters Without Borders regrets that on 10 December, 2014, when the entire world was celebrating the 66th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Japanese government allowed a draconian law on state secrets, one that violates the constitution and limits media freedom, to take effect.
Abstract: Reporters Without Borders regrets that on 10 December, when the entire world was celebrating the 66th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Japanese government allowed a draconian law on state secrets, one that violates the constitution and limits media freedom, to take effect.
Passed a year ago by the Japanese parliament, the Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets (SDS) provides for sentences of up to 10 years in prison for whistleblowers who leak ...
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