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In Their Own Words - Hiyama

Posted  December 10, 2014

— “THIS LAW WILL RESTRICT THE PEOPLES’ RIGHT TO KNOW. IT’S FULL OF AMBIGUITY AND WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE ‘PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER’ CONTROLS OF WORLD WAR II.”

From Tomoki Hiyama, one of approximately 800 people who gathered in front of the Japanese Parliament, protesting Japan’s new anti-whistleblower secrecy law which will limit disclosure of government misconduct by imposing on anyone leaking state secrets (and on journalists helping them) up to 10 years in prison.  Click here for more.

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