[Photo] S. Korean activist groups condemn court's dismissal of "comfort women" lawsuit

The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan and 130 other women’s, human rights, peace and religious organizations hold a press conference Tuesday condemning the Seoul Central District Court’s dismissal of a damages lawsuit filed by a group of “comfort women” survivors against the Japanese government. (Kim Myoung-jin/The Hankyoreh)

The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan and 130 other women’s, human rights, peace and religious organizations held a press conference Tuesday condemning the Seoul Central District Court’s dismissal of a damages lawsuit filed by a group of “comfort women” survivors against the Japanese government.

The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan and 130 other women’s, human rights, peace and religious organizations hold a press conference Tuesday condemning the Seoul Central District Court’s dismissal of a damages lawsuit filed by a group of “comfort women” survivors against the Japanese government. (Kim Myoung-jin/The Hankyoreh)

Activists at the press conference said, “[We] condemn the ruling and the court that abandoned its duty as part of the judicial system and hid behind narrow and regressive interpretations of international law that led to a disregard of the human rights of the [comfort women] victims.”

By Kim Myoung-jin, staff photographer

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