“Thousands of people protested in Tokyo against a bill that would see whistleblowing civil servants jailed for up to 10 years. Activists claim the law would help the government to cover up scandals, and damage the country’s constitution and democracy. About 10,000 people crowded shoulder-to-shoulder, holding banners that read: ‘Don’t take away our freedom.’ Currently, long prison terms only apply to those Japanese who leak classified data from the US military. PM Shinzo Abe says that the new legislature is extremely important to secure cooperation with Japan’s major ally, the US, as well as other countries. The data security bill resembles laws targeting whistleblowers in the US.”
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