Mil-Tech
In times of war, we often times see the worst in humanity. Voices of Vietnam, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about Vietnamese women who were raped by South Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War, announced 10 survivors of sexual violence sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a UN Human Rights Council investigation into the crimes committed against them. The full text of the letter is available on the Voices ofVietnam website at www.VietnamVoices.org
10 Vietnamese women who were victims of sexual assault by South Korean soldiers sent a letter to UN chief Ban Ki Moon asking for an apology. (Photo by Song Kyung-Seok – Pool/Getty Images)
The women ask the Secretary General, a noted champion of global women’s rights to convey their wishes for an apology from President Park Geun-hye. President Park’s father, former President Park Chung-hee, deployed over 300,000 South Korean troops to fight in Vietnam.
One signatory of the letter, Nguyen Thi Bach Tuyet, started a petition on Change.org calling on President Park to apologize for the crimes committed against her by South Korean troops. The petition currently has over 26,000 signatures.
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http://www.military-technologies.net/2015/10/14/ten-vietnamese-women-appeal-to-ban-ki-moon-for-un-investigation-into-south-korean-militarys-systemic-rape-during-the-vietnam-war/
