- ARAB NEWS
- 30 Apr 2025
Since 1975
WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department on Wednesday cited concerns by experts over the long detention of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Japan.
"Legal experts expressed concern that the detention was being used to force a confession," the department said in an annual human rights report, noting that Ghosn was arrested four times and detained for over 100 days on charges of financial wrongdoing.
The report also said that the Japanese government barred two journalists from traveling abroad in 2019.
In February, Kosuke Tsuneoka was denied boarding on a flight to Yemen, the report said. In July, the Japanese Foreign Ministry denied a passport to Jumpei Yasuda, who planned to travel to India and Europe, it said.
"Numerous domestic and internal observers and groups criticized these actions," the report said.
JIJI Press
