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| − | The '''comfort women''' of World War II are some 200,000 girls and women forced into sexual slavery by the [[Japan]]ese government and used as unpaid prostitutes by the military. Hundreds of them were herded into caves and murdered with explosives. | + | The '''comfort women''' of World War II are some 200,000 Korean and Chinese girls and women forced into sexual slavery by the [[Japan]]ese government and used as unpaid prostitutes by the military. Hundreds of them were herded into caves and murdered with explosives. |
"It is indisputable that these women were forced, deceived, coerced and abducted to provide sexual services to the Japanese military ... [Japan] violated customary norms of international law concerning war crimes, crimes against humanity, slavery and the trafficking in women and children ... Japan should take full responsibility now, and make suitable restitution to the victims and their families." -- International Commission of Jurists, November 1994 [http://www.comfort-women.org/v2/index.html] | "It is indisputable that these women were forced, deceived, coerced and abducted to provide sexual services to the Japanese military ... [Japan] violated customary norms of international law concerning war crimes, crimes against humanity, slavery and the trafficking in women and children ... Japan should take full responsibility now, and make suitable restitution to the victims and their families." -- International Commission of Jurists, November 1994 [http://www.comfort-women.org/v2/index.html] | ||
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Revision as of 04:23, July 25, 2007
The comfort women of World War II are some 200,000 Korean and Chinese girls and women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese government and used as unpaid prostitutes by the military. Hundreds of them were herded into caves and murdered with explosives.
"It is indisputable that these women were forced, deceived, coerced and abducted to provide sexual services to the Japanese military ... [Japan] violated customary norms of international law concerning war crimes, crimes against humanity, slavery and the trafficking in women and children ... Japan should take full responsibility now, and make suitable restitution to the victims and their families." -- International Commission of Jurists, November 1994 [1]