RIHLA #27

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Japanese Mayor: WWII 'comfort women' sex slaves 'necessary' for morale

Where in the world is this event taking place?

Who is involved?

What human right is being protected or violated?

What are your thoughts on the issue? Do you think enough is being done? What other solutions or ideas do you have?



In Tokyo, Japan, according to Toru Hashimoto, women were being used as sex slaves to help the Japanese soldiers deal with the stress of WWII. The rights of women are bring violated, according to this article. Women were being used against their own will by being sex slaves, which violates the right of no slavery. I believe that this was very unfair for the women who were invloved in the sex slave. They shouldnt have had to gone through that because it was an unecessary thing to do. I beleieve that the people of Japan should look more into the situation, and punish those who didnt try to stop it or didnt mention it earlier. In order for these kind of things not to happen, people need to speak up if anything wrong is being done.

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