Japan’s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints

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A court ruling in Japan has ordered the government to compensate the family of a Peruvian man who was injured by abuse of restraints at an immigration detention facility. This case highlights increasing scrutiny and calls for urgent reform of Japan's detention system.

A court order requiring Japan’s government to compensate the family of a Peruvian man who sustained a broken arm at an immigration facility has intensified scrutiny of the country’s detention system, with rights experts saying the case shows reforms are urgently needed. On June 25, the Osaka High Court ordered the government to pay 880,000 yen (US$5,400) in damages to the family of Vladimir Burgos Fujii, a Peruvian man of Japanese descent, who was injured while being restrained at the facility...