Das Bezirksgericht Saitama erlässt eine Entscheidung zum Verbot antikurdischer Hassdemonstrationen – möglicherweise die erste einstweilige Verfügung

In response to ongoing discriminatory actions and hate speech directed at Kurds living in Japan, particularly in areas like Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, the Saitama District Court has just issued a decision to prohibit such demonstrations. This is believed to be the first ruling of its kind, banning hate speech against Kurds.

Slogans like “Kurds, go home!” and “No coexistence with foreigners who endorse terrorism” were chanted during a hate demonstration against Kurds that took place in front of a train station in Warabi City, Saitama Prefecture, in February of this year.

A demonstration is also expected to be held in Kawaguchi City and surrounding areas on the 24th of this month, led by a group represented by a man from Kanagawa Prefecture. However, on the 11th of this month, a Kurdish organisation in Japan filed a request for a temporary injunction with the court, seeking to ban a demonstration near the office of the group organising the event, which is located in Kawaguchi.

The Saitama District Court has now ruled in favour of this request, issuing an order to prohibit hate demonstrations targeting Kurds within a 600-metre radius of the organisation’s office.

This marks the first time a court has issued a ban on hate demonstrations against Kurds in Japan.