SEALDs
| 自由と民主主義のための学生緊急行動 | |
| Abbreviation | SEALDs |
|---|---|
| Formation | 3 May 2015 |
| Founder | Aki Okuda (co-founder) |
| Dissolved | 15 August 2016 |
| Type | Student activist group |
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| Membership | ~400 core members |
SEALDs, short for Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy (自由と民主主義のための学生緊急行動, Jiyū to minshu shugi no tame no gakusei kinkyū kōdō), was a student activist organisation in Japan that organised protests against the ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2015 and 2016. Its focus was on the Legislation for Peace and Security enacted in 2015 that allow the Japanese Self-Defense Force to be deployed overseas in certain conditions.