the public security preservation laws were a series of laws enacted during the empire of japan. collectively, the laws were designed to suppress political dissent. right|thumb|250px|special forces of the tokyo metropolitan police department ==safety preservation law of 1894== the  was an imperial ordinance issued on 25 december 1894, intended to suppress the freedom and people's rights movement. it was the most drastic of the several laws enacted after 1875 to contain political opposition to the meiji oligarchy. it imposed stringent restrictions on the press, public speeches and political meetings. article four of the law authorized the chief of the tokyo metropolitan police, with the approval of the home minister, to banish from tokyo for three years anyone who was found to be inciting disturbances or scheming to disrupt public order within 7.5 miles of the imperial palace. within three days of the lawâs promulgation, 570 people prominent in the freedom and people's rights movement (including future tokyo governor ozaki yukio) were arrested and expelled. the law was repealed in 1898, but was soon replaced by the more stringent public order and police law of 1900. ==public order and police law of 1900== the  was issued by the administration of prime minister yamagata aritomo specifically against the organized labor movements. in addition to restrictions on freedom of speech, assembly and association, it also specifically prohibited workers from organizing and going on strike. a provision banning women from political associations was deleted in 1922. the provisions forbidding workers to organize and go on strike were deleted in 1926, although identical provisions were immediately added in an amendment to the public security preservation law of 1925. however, as with the previous public safety preservation law of 1894, the public order and police law of 1900 was used to suppress political dissent. in 1920, professor morito tatsuo of tokyo imperial university was prosecuted for publishing an article critical of the anarchist peter kropotkin (in which morito discussed anarchist ideas). morito spent three months in jail on charges of treason. his case set a precedent in japanese law that effectively criminalized the discussion of ideas. the government's clampdown on dissent further intensified after the 1921 assassination of prime minister hara takashi. the public order and police law of 1900 was supplemented by the public security preservation law of 1925. it remained in effect until the end of world war ii, when it was repealed by the [[supreme commander of
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