Survivors Bring Case to End Japan’s ‘Hostage Justice’

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Tomoya Asanuma (center) appears alongside his legal counsel at a press conference after filing a lawsuit on "hostage justice" at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, 2025. The mannequin next to him represents Yo Amano, who has been detained without trial for over six years. © 2025 Lalasa Tomita/Human Rights Watch Four survivors of Japan’s “hostage justice” filed a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, contending that the Code of Criminal Procedure provisions allowing prolonged pretrial detention and denial of bail violate the Japanese Constitution.Under…

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