Disability News Japan Podcast ‘Korea Edition’: Leader of Korean disability rights protests Park Kyoung-seok arrested on illegal demonstration charges

The leader of a disability rights advocacy group who led years long rush-hour subway protests was arrested Friday in Seoul on charges of illegal demonstrations. Police apprehended Park Kyoung-seok, the 63-year-old leader of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD), for investigation in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency headquarters in central Seoul where he was holding a press conference.

From Barrier Free Japan

March 23 2023

SEOUL – The leader of a disability rights advocacy group who led years long rush-hour subway protests was arrested Friday in Seoul on charges of illegal demonstrations.

Police apprehended Park Kyoung-seok, the 63-year-old leader of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD), for investigation in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency headquarters in central Seoul where he was holding a press conference.

Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/03/21/leader-of-korean-disability-rights-protests-park-kyoung-seok-arrested-on-illegal-demonstration-charges/

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