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Japan: Protests against Fukushima water discharge plan, strike by workers while a journalist files a lawsuit
- Published at
- 27.09.2023
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- censorship
- labour rights
- environmental rights
Japan: Protests mobilised to oppose militarisation, gender inequality and revisions to the immigration law
- Published at
- 21.06.2023
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- excessive force
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
UN body raises concerns about laws restricting press freedom and stifling of protests while foreign journalists in Japan face threats
- Published at
- 30.01.2023
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- non state actors
Japan introduces tougher penalties for defamation, court ruling a setback for LGBTQI+ rights
- Published at
- 19.09.2022
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- LGBTI
- negative court ruling
- protest
Japan's press freedom ranking drops while Okinawans, women and LGBTQI+ groups hold protests
- Published at
- 26.05.2022
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- minority groups
- protest
Increasing Twitter takedowns by Japan while teachers and Okinawans hold protests
- Published at
- 16.02.2022
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- censorship
- labour rights
- protest
- land rights
Protests in Japan around death in immigration detention, arrest of anti-Olympics activist
- Published at
- 06.10.2021
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
Protests around Olympics opening while civil society slams failure to pass anti-discrimination bill
- Published at
- 29.07.2021
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest
Opposition against Olympics continues, as state of emergency extended in Japan
- Published at
- 12.05.2021
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest
Academic freedom at risk, barriers for transgender women as NGOs submit reports to UN on Japan
- Published at
- 14.01.2021
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- women
- political interference
- protest
- LGBTI
Activist groups in Japan call for end to racism, police abuse and passage of equality law
- Published at
- 27.08.2020
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- LGBTI
- torture/ill-treatment
- minority groups