Dispatches: Ending Japan’s ‘Hostage Justice’ System Government Needs to Act Against Abuses in Pretrial Detention June 30, 2023 Today, Human Rights Watch and Innocence Project Japan launched a joint project aimed at putting an end to Japan‘s practice of “hostage justice“. This system has allowed severe abuses to occur in […]
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Japan’s “Hostage Justice” System: A Violation of Human Rights.
Human Rights Watch report highlights Japan‘s ‘Hostage Justice’ System Overview Japan‘s legal system is under scrutiny again as Human Rights Watch releases a report accusing it of denying criminal suspects their fundamental rights. The 101-page report exhaustively documents the abusive treatment of criminal suspects in pretrial detention, revealing that Japan’s […]