Global Network for Redress

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May 18, 2002	GA’s Call to Demand Justice for Victims of Unit 731 GA has written a letter on February 2, 2002 to demand a fair ruling from the judges of the pending lawsuit filed by 180 victims of Unit 731 in Japan and calls for worldwide members and supporters to do the same. Final testimony of this lawsuit was given in the Tokyo Court on December 26 of 2001 while the court will reconvene again on August 27, 2002 to render judgment. The letter to the judges should be addressed to: The 18th Department of Tokyo Local Court Presiding Judge Kouji Iwata, Judges Asami Tesima and Eiitiro Simada File Numbers 16684 (1997) and 27579 (2000) -- the file nos. are essential It should be faxed to 81-3-3581-5447.
Apr. 18, 2002	Symposium: Can Japan Lead? Confronting Japan’s War Memory Problem, April 22, 2002. The Symposium will be held at the University of San Francisco’s Lone Mountain campus to call the world’s attention to Japan’s unresolved wartime issues on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Japan’s independence as a sovereign nation following the end of postwar occupation. It is co-sponsored by the Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WW II in Asia and the USF Center for the Pacific Rim, Alliance for Preserving the Truth of the Sino-Japanese War, Asian American Studies, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley and the Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition. For more information, visit http://www.pacificrim.usfca.edu
Jan. 28, 2002	The International Law Conference on WW II Compensation Issues, February 9-10, 2002. The conference is organized by the East China University of Politics and Law (or ECUPL) of Shanghai and will be held on the ECUPL college campus. APTSJW, Alliance for Preserving the Truth of the Sino-Japanese War, a GA member organization, is one of the co-sponsors of the conference. For more information, contact: Guan Jianqiang or Ding Wei of the International Law Department, East China University of Political Science & Law, Tel: 21-62071557; Fax: 21-62071928; Email: guan@sonic.net.cn; interlaw@public.sta.net.cn
Jan. 28, 2002	Legislative Act "Promotion of Resolution for Issues Concerning Victims of Wartime Sexual Coercion" re-introduced in the Japanese Diet on November 14, 2001. The Honorable Shoji Motooka and members of three opposition parties took the lead in this initiative. The Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WW II in Asia (GA), the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan and other supporting groups in the victimized countries have all written to support the re-introduction of this bill. GA urges that your organization to do the same. Please send these letters of support to Mr. Ken Arimitsu at CFRTYO@aol.com.