Announcement
Letter to Independent Special Rapporteur of Canadian Government: Foreign Interference
readNotice of BC ALPHA’s Withdrawal of Membership from GA
On September 28, Thekla Lit, President of BC Association for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia (ALPHA), wrote on behalf of the Association’s board to Ms. Jennifer Cheung, President of Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia (GA), to formally inform her that the board had decided to withdraw BC ALPHA’s membership from GA with immediate effect.
Letter to Korean Council: In Commemoration of 29th Anniversary of Wednesday Demonstration
readLetter to Korean Council: 8th Int’l Memorial Day for Victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery
readLetter to Director General of UNESCO & UNESCO’s Int’l Advisory Committee for the Memory of the World Register
readLetter to the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan: 5th Int’l Memorial Day
readNew books on Nanjing Massacre and Bombing of Chongqing added to ALPHA’s Collection
readPetition Letter to US Congressman, Ed Royce for Stopping Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s speech at the joint congress in May
The petition requests US Congressman, ED Royce’s special attention not to allow Prime Minister Abe to address a joint session of Congress unless
(1) he acknowledges the war criminals convicted in the Tokyo Tribunal as war criminals under all laws;
(2) he promises not to visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine; and
(3) he stops rewriting the history of the Asia Pacific History.
Read the petition: PDF in English
Statement issued by Canada ALPHA in support of International Memorial Day for the “comfort women”
We at Canada ALPHA write this letter in support of the Halmonis who are still with us in the struggle for justice today, those we have lost through these years, and the hundreds of thousands who did not survive the nightmare of sexual slavery. Sadly, we write this letter as the current rightwing Japanese government reinterprets Article 9.
Read the statement: PDF in English
Statement issued by Canada ALPHA in response to Japan’s Recent Review of the Kono Statement
On Friday, June 20, 2014, the Japanese government presented to its parliament the results of a review by a panel of government-selected “experts” on the study that formed the basis of the 1993 Kono Statement. This recent review, rather than a sincere step towards solving the issue of military sexual slavery during the Asia-Pacific War, is yet another attempt on the part of the Japanese government to evade responsibility for its wartime crimes with smoke and mirrors. Canada ALPHA thus issued a statement in response to Japan’s recent of the Kono Statement.
Read the statement: PDF in English | PDF in Chinese
