10,000 butterflies for ‘comfort’ women?
Dear friend,
This is incredible! Earlier this month, we asked the Amnesty community to claim justice for survivors of Japan's wartime sexual slavery system by sending a butterfly to our Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.
As of this morning, 4,664 unique butterflies are winging their way to the Prime Minister and thousands more have been amplified around the world on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
With this extraordinary show of support, we're well on the way to achieving our target of 10,000 butterflies and another step towards to the Government motion we're looking for. So, if you haven't yet created your butterfly, please do so right away and help us reach our target:
Create your butterfly and claim justice for the courageous survivors of wartime sexual slavery
Up to 200,000 women and girls endured repeated rapes and beatings in 'comfort stations' throughout the Asia Pacific, including Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines and many of the Pacific Islands during World War II. Following decades of denials and dodging responsibility, the remaining survivors are still waiting for an official apology from the Japanese Government.
With your help we're striving to change this – by petitioning Kevin Rudd to pass a motion to call the Japanese Government to account. Shamefully, we're one of the few Allied nations yet to step up and do what's right.
Please create your butterfly and urge Kevin Rudd to pass a motion supporting 'comfort women' survivors
By taking this one simple act, you're part of Australia's biggest effort yet to resolve a generations-old issue. Your unique butterfly – the survivors' chosen symbol of hope - is a cry for justice and a powerful gesture of solidarity for the survivors of one of the darkest episodes in human history.
It's now or never. Thank you for standing up and reaching out.
Create your butterfly now or forward this email to at least two friends if you've done so already.
Hannah, Athena, Seb, Louise and the rest of the campaign team
Amnesty International Australia
PS: Thank you to those who've already created a butterfly and contributed to putting a butterfly in the sky above Parliament House. We raised all the funds we needed, and the stunt will happen on 11 August, weather permitting. Thanks to your generosity we're now looking to redouble our efforts in the run up to 15 August (the anniversary of the end of WWII) to keep this issue high on the agenda for our politicians.
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