Gov't stops photographer from going to Syria, confiscates passport

Gov't stops photographer from going to Syria, confiscates passport

Yuichi Sugimoto, a 58-year-old Japanese freelance photographer, speaks to Kyodo News at his home in Niigata on Feb. 8, 2015, a day after Japan's Foreign Ministry stopped him from traveling to Syria by confiscating his passport. Sugimoto criticized the government, saying it had completely denied freedom of speech and travel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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