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Japan Secrets Law Could Jail Whistleblowers for 10 Years
Japan is cracking down on whistleblowers with a controversial new state secrets law. Under the law, civil servants who leak state secrets face up to ten years in prison, while journalists who encourage whistleblowers to leak information could get up to five years. Critics are claiming that the law would be used to silence political dissent, while Tokyo maintains that the new rules would be applied only to intelligence leaks that threaten national security, diplomacy, public safety and anti-terrorism measures.
http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/11/japans-new-fukushima-fascism/
Japan is cracking down on whistleblowers with a controversial new state secrets law. Under the law, civil servants who leak state secrets face up to ten years in prison, while journalists who encourage whistleblowers to leak information could get up to five years. Critics are claiming that the law would be used to silence political dissent, while Tokyo maintains that the new rules would be applied only to intelligence leaks that threaten national security, diplomacy, public safety and anti-terrorism measures.
http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/11/japans-new-fukushima-fascism/