Request for hate speech "more effective content" request form to Kawasaki City October 28, 18:23
About the draft of the ordinance including criminal punishment for prohibiting discriminatory behavior such as hate speech compiled by Kawasaki City for the first time in the whole country, lawyers introduced a mechanism to prevent the expansion of regulated objects and abuse of criminal punishment, etc. We submitted request book to city to make contents more effective.
In June, Kawasaki City presented a draft of the ordinance that included imposing a fine of 500,000 yen or less when repeating ethno-discriminatory behavior such as hate speech three times. Aims to submit.
Lawyers familiar with the hate speech issue submitted a request addressed to Mayor Norihiko Fukuda and the city council requesting the draft to be more effective.
In this, the subject of regulation is “those who are remarkably deceiving people from certain countries”, based on the current situation that hoaxes over foreigners in the case of violent incidents and disasters, “ It should be added.
In addition, as a mechanism to prevent the abuse of criminal punishment, we are seeking 12 items, such as the condition that the mayor accuses the investigator.
Yasuko Shioka, who submitted the request, says, “I appreciate the attitude of the city, but I would like you to incorporate it to create a multicultural society where human rights are respected.”