Japan's top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country's Muslims
[Japan's top court has approved blanket
surveillance of the country's Muslims by Matt Payton] "Japan's Supreme Court has
upheld the government's blanket surveillance of the country's Muslim community.
The court struck down the second appeal by Japanese
Muslim plaintiffs against what they perceive as an unconstitutional invasion of
their privacy and freedom of religion.
A 2010 leak of 114 police files revealed nationwide
surveillance of Japanese Muslims. The files revealed that Muslim places of
worship, halal restaurants and Islam-related organizations across the capital,
Tokyo, were being monitored.
Within a few weeks of the leak, the data had been
downloaded 10,000 times in 20 different countries from a file-sharing website.
A group of 17 Japanese Muslims, mostly from Middle
Eastern and North African countries, decided to sue the Japanese government for
infringing on their constitutional rights..." Full text:
Japan's top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country's Muslims
Ge 16:12, Jer 7:6, GWT
Japan's top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country's Muslims