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High Court Judgment due on NHK censorship suit (by extension, onPM Abe, who was a major actor in pressuring NHK-ed.)From Violence against Women in War websiteNHK裁判高裁審理判決 2007年1月29日（月） 午後2時00分より控訴審判決 NHK裁判控訴審判決日時：2007年1月29日（月）午後2:00 傍聴席抽選締め切り・午後1:30 法廷：東京高裁101号法廷 （東京メトロ霞ガ関駅A1出口）傍聴席を満席に！ それが私たちのメッセージになります！ NHK裁判控訴審結審シンポジウム DETAILS11/25 Symposium … [Read more...] about High Court Judgment due on NHK censorship suit by VAWW

東日本の縫製工場、イスラム教徒研修生に「礼拝禁止/Factory in eastern Japan required an Indonesian Muslim trainee to sign a note promising to forgo praying five times a day and Ramadan fasting as a condition of her employment, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Monday. From debito.org日本語は下へ...The firm also prohibited her from owning a cell phone and exchanging letters.The Justice Ministry suspects the … [Read more...] about Discrimination in Japan: Indonesian workers prohibited from praying, using cellphones

The latest from the translator and activist Ken MASUOKA/ 益岡賢のページ コロンビアの検閲・覇権・メディア/Censorship, Hegemony and the Media in Colombiaジェームズ・Ｊ・ブリテン/by James J. … [Read more...] about Ken Masuoka: English to Japanese page (Columbia, East Timor, Iraq)

IN THIS ISSUE 1) War and Peace and the Police State in our Midst 2) Urgent Petition--signatures still needed 3) Top Lies on Iraq 4) U.S. “Double-Dealing Diplomacy, North Korea and Japan/北朝鮮ミサイル危機と日本 5) Japan at a constitutional and political crossroads 6) SINGAPORE: Crackdown Underway on Satirical Blogging 7) The United States and the Japanese Mengele: Payoffs and Amnesty for … [Read more...] about early summer 2006