Japan - new laws but old restrictions

A new Human Rights bill to set up an independant advisory body to check abuses by the immigration and law enforcement officials has been held up in the Japanese Parliament. Some complain it may impede the authorities. Liberal Japanese media sources are campaigning to remove this hold up and allow members of groups traditionally discriminated against to serve as Human Rights Commisioners, advising possible victims of abuse in their own communities more from the Asahi Shimbun...