The Tokyo District Court on April 20 ordered the government to pay 220,000 yen ($1,640) in compensation to a Kurdish man who claims immigration detention staff assaulted him while he was being detained four years ago.
A Tokyo court orders the Japanese government to pay 220,000 yen ($1,600) in damages to a Kurdish man who alleged he was assaulted when staff at a detention center where he was being held in 2019 forcibly restrained him.
Some actions by immigration center staff were ruled illegal, such as when a thumb was pushed hard under the detainee's chin and his arms were lifted while he was handcuffed behind his back.