Opponents protest info protection bill

Opponents protest info protection bill

TOKYO, Japan - Putting up profiles of people who in the past fought suppression of the freedom of expression, novelist Hisashi Inoue (wearing glasses at center) and other opponents stage a sit-in near the Diet building to protest a bill on protection of personal information introduced by the government of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on April 25.

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