High court upholds ruling against hate speech

High court upholds ruling against hate speech

OSAKA, Japan - Shinichi Tokunaga, the defense lawyer for Zaitokukai, a group of anti-Korean activists, answers reporters' questions in Osaka on July 8, 2014, after the Osaka High Court upheld a lower court ruling that had branded as "discriminatory" demonstrations staged near a pro-Pyongyang Korean school by the activists who used hate-speech slogans.

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