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#Osaka High Court ร—

Japanโ€™s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints

A court order requiring Japanโ€™s government to compensate the family of a Peruvian man who sustained a broken arm at an immigration facility has intensified scrutiny of the countryโ€™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...