Court ruling on protest near U.S. helipad construction site

Court ruling on protest near U.S. helipad construction site

NAHA, Japan - Masatsugu Isa (R), accompanied by Gentatsu Ashimine, answers reporters' questions in front of the Naha District Court in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 14, 2012, after the court ordered Isa to halt sit-ins and other protest activities aimed at blocking the construction of a U.S. military helipad, in a lawsuit the government filed against Isa and Ashimine, while dismissing the claim that Ashimine had obstructed the construction of the facility in the U.S. military's Northern Training Area.

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