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U.N. rights chief ‘concerned' over secrecy bill

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The top U.N. human rights official urged Japan on Dec. 2 to heed public concerns raised at home and abroad over a bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets.

Navi Pillay, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said in Geneva the law was vague about what a secret is.

She added that the law "allows the government to designate any inconvenient information as secret." (Kyodo)

国連、秘密保護法案に「懸念」

国連のピレイ人権高等弁務官は12月２日、日本の特定秘密保護法案への懸念を示した。

The Japan Times ST: December 13, 2013