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Call to arms against Japans censorship law – Save our right to know!

http://www.avaaz.org/en/days_to_save_our_rights_to_know_d_eng/?pv
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Posted: 27 November 2013
The Lower House just passed Prime Minister Abe’s new 
Secrecy Bill, even though 77% of Japan’s citizens oppose it. 
His message to us is simple: You elected us, but you’re not 
allowed to know what we’re doing.

Under the new law, anything can be classified as ‘secret’: 
decisions taken regarding nuclear energy, those taken regarding 
trade agreements such as the secretive TPP, or even in an 
extreme case, the cost of redecorating a senior civil 
servant’s office.

In days the bill will arrive in the upper house where the 
LDP is counting on the support of the Your Party and 
Restoration party. But concerned members in both parties 
are wavering, and a public show of support for them can 
help stop the bill from becoming law.

We’ve only got days to act. Click below to sign this 
urgent petition calling on the Your Party and Restoration 
party to withdraw their support for the Secrecy Bill. 
If we reach 20,000 we’ll deliver the message to key 
representatives before the vote.

November 28, 2013 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized