MANILA, Philippines – “These aging group of the victims are continuing to die one by one.”
Now in their twilight years, Filipinos used as comfort women by Japanese soldiers during the World War II have sued the Philippine government at the United Nations (UN), seeking to compel the State to pay compensation.
In a communication sent to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women on November 25, the comfort women, collectively known as the “Malaya Lolas (Free Grandmothers),” want the international body to “urge” the Philippines to “provide full and effective redress and reparation, including compensation, satisfaction, official apologies and rehabilitative services.”
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