One of the Filipino “comfort women” in the course of the Japanese occupation handed away over the weekend whereas persevering with to battle for justice.
Lola Hilaria Viray Bustamante died on the night of March 18, 2023 within the firm of her household. She was 97.
The announcement was made by LILA (Liga Para sa mga Lolang Pilipina) Pilipina in a social media submit.
“Lola Hilaria was one of several plaintiffs who sued the Japanese government in 1993 at a Tokyo District Court. The Japanese Supreme Court dismissed the case several years after but Lola Hilaria continued in the fight for justice until her very old age,” LILA Pilipina mentioned.
“Rest now, Lola Hilaria. Your legacy of courage and resistance will live on,” mentioned the group which helps consolation girls and their households search recognition, apology, and retribution from the Japanese authorities.
Early this month, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) mentioned the Philippines violated the rights of victims of sexual slavery dedicated by the Japanese Army in World War II.
The United Nations committee advisable that the complainants obtain from the State celebration “full reparation, including recognition and redress, an official apology and material and moral damages.”
The Commission on Human Rights referred to as on the federal government to supply full reparations and search an apology from the Japanese authorities for the struggling inflicted by Japanese troopers on Filipina “comfort women” throughout World War II.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
