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PROGRESSIVE GROUPS STAGE PROTEST AGAINST STH KOREAN SECURITY LAW.
SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Progressive civic groups staged a protest in downtown Seoul on Sunday calling for the abolishment of the 60-year-old National Security Law.
The 500 demonstrators said the anti-communist law is anachronistic and has no purpose in South Korea's democratic society.
The People's Solidarity for National Security Law Abolition, which organized the rally, added that the law hinders freedom of expression, stifles democracy and violates basic civil liberties.
Members of Lawyers for a Democratic Society and the Korean branch of Amnesty International were also present.
Amnesty International has been calling for the revision or outright abolition of the controversial law, arguing that it does not conform with international accepted standards on human rights.
All seven people arrested this year for breaking the law could be classified as "conscientious prisoners" under the International Covenant on Civil and ...
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