OSAKA (Kyodo) The Osaka Bar Association has demanded that the Osaka Municipal Government provide people living in two city parks with housing if it goes ahead with its plan to remove their tents prior to the World Rose Convention in May.
The lawyer group said in a statement issued Wednesday that forced removal without providing alternative housing is prohibited under the international human rights code.
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