Sunday, June 1, 2008

Freedom of Speech?

The BLF in Australia used the slogan "When they jail a man for speaking his mind, it's a rich man's country yet."

In Japan, Obora Toshiyuki, Onishi Nobuhiro and Takada Sachimi were jailed. Their crime? Leafletting a Self Defence Force barracks with anti-war material -- for this trespass they did jail time, and their anti-war group has had to foot a legal bill running to millions of yen. But they're still here and still fighting.

You can read an interview with Obora and Onishi that has been translated at Japan Focus.

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