Ruling against SDF intelligence unit

Ruling against SDF intelligence unit

SENDAI, Japan - Lawyers hold banners outside the Sendai District Court in Miyagi Prefecture on March 26, 2012, stating they have won a suit against the Self-Defense Forces' Intelligence Security Command. The court ordered the state to pay a total of 300,000 yen in damages to five people, finding that the command violated their personal rights in its monitoring of civic rallies against the dispatch of SDF personnel to Iraq.

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