A U. N. human rights expert on Monday expressed concern over the Japanese government’s possible pressure on media organizations.
A U. N. human rights expert on Monday expressed concern over the Japanese government’s possible pressure on media organizations.
“I am especially concerned by the direct and indirect pressure that [government] officials can exert over the media, ” David Kaye, U. N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, said in his speech at a meeting of the U. N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Kaye, who visited Japan in April last year to investigate the situation surrounding freedom of expression, pointed to the problem of the nation’s Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry having regulatory authority over broadcasters.
