S. KOREA Supreme Court ruled that police breached freedom of expression of demonstrators in US Embassy Rallies

Updated: 2022-02-04

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of South Korea ruled in favor of a civic group, judging that local police breached the group's freedom of expression during single-person demonstrations in February of 2016.

The ten-member civic group had filed an indemnity suit against the government for restricting single-person protests over the then planned installation of the U.S. anti-missile THAAD system.
Police had blocked the rally, citing security concerns.

Lower courts had ruled it not plausible to believe single-person rallies pose a threat to the security of the U.S. Embassy or their diplomats.

The Supreme Court upheld the decision.