Analysis: New Executive Order on Flag Desecration Prosecution Would Violate First Amendment Protections

Federal Judge Rules Anti-Trump Group's "86-47" Flag Is Protected Political Speech, Blocks National Park Service

The judge concluded that the organization intended the numbers to mean Trump “should be removed from office.”…

Japan enacts flag desecration law amid varying views around world

Japan's enactment of a new law banning desecration of the national flag has reignited debate over the balance between protecti Read full sto

Worries over freedom of expression: Japan outlaws flag desecration despite critics

Scholars Oppose Japan's National Flag Desecration Bill

(Adnkronos) - Tokyo, July 9 (Jiji Press)--A total of 148 people, including criminal law scholars, in Japan issued a statement Thursday oppos

Trump's ICC order violates free speech, advocacy groups say in lawsuit

WASHINGTON: Two US-based advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, arguing that sanctions imposed on the International Cri

Japan Diet enacts divisive law penalizing national flag desecration

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a divisive law introducing criminal penalties for desecrating the national flag, achievin Read full sto