Ex-leprosy patients demand gov't not appeal ruling

Ex-leprosy patients demand gov't not appeal ruling

TOKYO, Japan - Former leprosy patients and their supporters continue a sit-in near the Diet building in Tokyo on May 22 to demand the government not appeal a landmark ruling issued May 11 by the Kumamoto District Court ordering the state to pay compensation for forcing them into isolation under the 1953 Leprosy Prevention Law.

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