Last week in Japan, November 19th, rundown:

(1) A Thai mother allegedly sold her twelve-year-old daughter into sexual slavery at a massage parlor in Tokyo.

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A Thai mother allegedly sold her twelve-year-old daughter into sexual slavery at a massage parlor in Tokyo.

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👀 Sexual violence on 'staggering' scale in Sudan civil war: UN probe

The investigation found evidence of gang rapes, violence and sexual slavery being used as a means of "terrorising and punishing civilians".

Children are not spared the abuse, with women and girls being abducted for sexual slavery, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said in a new report.

#sexualviolence #Sudan #GangRapes #sexualslavery

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241029-sexual-violence-on-staggering-scale-in-sudan-civil-war-un-probe

'How We Disappeared' by Jing-Jing Lee

"After enduring three years of unspeakable acts of brutality, she finally makes..."

https://booksperience.org/2023/10/24/ihow-we-disappeared-i-by-jing-jing-lee/

#Army, #ComfortWomen, #DualTimeline, #Fiction, #HistoricalFiction, #HorrorsOfWar, #HowWeDisappeared, #HWADebutCrownLonglisted, #Japan, #Jing-JingLee, #Military, #Novel, #OneWorld, #SecondWorldWar, #SexualSlavery, #Singapore, #SingaporeLiteraturePrizeShortlisted, #TwentiethCentury, #WalterScottPrizeLonglisted, #War, #WomensPrizeForFictionLonglisted

#Survivors & relatives of #Filipino women forced into #SexualSlavery by #Japanese in #WWII #dismissed #compensation package. #Rejection after #PresidentFerdinandMarcosJr. last Friday, urged #lawmakers to pass law for #reparation to the sex #slavery victims of Japanese.
An #ElderlyVictim said the move is #TooLate as most victims have already died and it cannot heal the #trauma , #discrimination & #suffering victims like her faced throughout their lives.

https://www.ucanews.com/amp/filipina-victims-of-sex-slavery-say-no-to-compensation/100703

#AsianMastodon

Related:

"#Bahamian #UN #CEDAW member, #HumanRights #expert & #attorney , Marion Bethel, played a #pivotal role in a #LandmarkRuling for #Filipina #SexualSlavery #victims during the 84th session of the #UnitedNations Committee on the #Elimination of All Forms of #Discrimination against #Women l."

https://ewnews.com/landmark-human-rights-case-handled-by-bahamian-advocate-at-the-un

#Justice #Philippines #Filipino #WarCrimes #ComfortWomen #AsianMastodon #POC #legal #BIPOC #InternationalLaw

"[#japan PM] Fumio Kishida called for removal [of comfort women statue], saying that it was 'regrettable that it remains in place.' However, the statue has stayed in its place, due to the resistance of local women’s rights organizations"

"The university was also bombarded with malicious letters and emails from the Japanese far-right [to remove the statue]."

"We have to strengthen our alliance... They share our values" 🤡🤡🤡

#korea #ComfortWomen #SexualSlavery

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/1083385.html