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 Read more
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 Read more
Anti-Olympics activist’s house raided while group urges games facilities be opened up to homeless Published at 29.04.2020 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest environmental rights youth Read more
Immigration detainees in Japan hold hunger strike while Okinawa anti-base protests continue Published at 22.01.2020 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship refugees and migrants protest Read more
Protests nationwide in Japan calling for reforms to anti-rape law Published at 14.08.2019 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Private security company hired by authorities to research anti-base protesters in Okinawa Published at 02.04.2019 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI minority groups surveillance negative court ruling HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Anti-racism protests held to counteract far-right marches Published at 05.12.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI environmental rights enabling law Read more
Activists alarmed by protest restrictions in Tokyo Published at 11.09.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI women minority groups time,place restrictions Read more
Anti-US base activist faces imprisonment as Okinawa protests continue Published at 08.02.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Regional tensions spur militarisation of Japan, sparking citizen protests Published at 12.12.2017 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protest political interference environmental rights Read more
Escalating tensions over militarisation in Okinawa spark protests Published at 12.10.2017 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
New law sparks fears of downward spiral in civic freedoms Published at 07.07.2017 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law surveillance protest release of HRDs Read more
