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Justice for US Military Rape : Please TAKE ACTION @ Avaaz.Org
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Naoko
- 269 days ago - avaaz.org
In 2002, Australian Catharine "Jane" FIsher was forced into the back of a van and brutally raped, but because her attacker was a US navy sailor stationed in Yokosuka, he's still not been brought to justice.
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Naoko I. (233)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 4:43 pm
Not only "Jane" but too many Japanese women/girls are victimized by the US military men stationed in Japan - Okinawa, Yokosuka, etc. And in fact, the petition seeking the justice should be addressed to the US government, instead of the Japanese foreign ministry. It is the US, aggressor, who is NOT cooperating to bring those criminals to the proper courts.
 

Dandelion G. (357)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 5:08 pm
Petition signed. Rape should not be tolerated no matter who is the one to cause this act of violence upon another.
 

Naoko I. (233)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 5:10 pm
Thanks Dandelion, I can't send you a star, not yet.
 

Erin R. (125)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 6:01 pm
signed...thank you
 

Aletta Kraan (132)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 6:21 pm
Signed , thanks !
 

Rose NoFWDSPLZ (224)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 6:37 pm
SIGNED
 

Jason S. (55)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 6:41 pm
thanks, signed
 

Sara W. (100)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 6:43 pm
Gladly signed. No one should get away with such a crime.
 

Kit B. (321)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 6:52 pm

Thanks for joining the campaign to call for an investigation into US military impunity.

 

John Doe (22)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 7:10 pm
Thanks Naoko - Signed. Let's hope Jane gets justice and the Japanese government gets a wake-up call.
 

Susan V. (56)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 8:51 pm
signed and noted. thanks.
 

Constance F. (261)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 9:05 pm
Absolutely ! Thank you for posting, and Vicky for sending out.
Thanks for joining the campaign to call for an investigation into US military impunity.
 

Naoko I. (233)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 9:38 pm
Thanks for noting and signing the petition.
 

Susanne R. (208)
Tuesday August 28, 2012, 10:21 pm
Rapists should never be allowed to get away with their crime --no matter who they are or how much embarrassment they might cause to those they represent. Gladly signed and noted!
 

Thubten Chokyi (830)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 12:13 am
noted, signed, shared.
 

Victoria P. (179)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 1:12 am
Signed!
 

Heidi Aubrey (16)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 2:03 am
Signed and noted.
 

Yvonne F. (92)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 4:45 am
Signed!!! Thanks for posting and Vicky for forwarding
 

Yvonne F. (92)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 4:45 am
Noted too???
 

Michele Wilkinson (106)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 5:14 am
Noted and signed.
Thanks
 

Frans Badenhorst (307)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 5:30 am
signed... I have the most outrageous ideas of treatment for rapists.....
 

Just Carole (575)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 5:47 am

Absolutely signed!

 

Elizabeth O. (74)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 7:05 am
Signed.
 

Vikram Chhabra (394)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 7:16 am
Signed and noted!
 

RB A. (2)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 7:22 am
When do we stop looking the other way?

Thank you for posting this
 

Joe R. (161)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 7:26 am
Signed and noted.
 

Gran Pat (330)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 9:26 am
No one should be allowed to go free after committing RAPE.The injustice done by a human being, whether physical or emotional abuse towards another person, should NOT be tolerated. Military or civilian.!!! Thank you, Naoko for this. I definitely signed.
 

Mandi Rose (201)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 10:10 am
Signed and noted!
 

Deborah Ann W. (29)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 10:24 am
Noted, signed and forwarded to facebook. Thanks for sharing.
 

Sherri Whittenburg (70)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 11:23 am
Signed and shared!
 

Jim Phillips (2907)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 11:26 am
Petition signed.

Thought I had already made a comment in here.

Any person committing an act of rape should be sentenced into a prison, period. NO ifs or buts!

Ty, Naoko.
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Lisa Neste (528)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 11:42 am
Thank you for standing with Jane!






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Thanks for joining the campaign to call for an investigation into US military impunity.
 

Julian Gonzalez (110)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 11:48 am
Stop the abuse of women.
 

Lynne B. (0)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 1:16 pm
Signed.
 

Armand B. (88)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 2:21 pm
Thanks for joining the campaign to call for an investigation into US military impunity.
thank you Naoko
 

Jaime A. (5)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 2:21 pm
Signed.
 

Jaime A. (5)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 2:21 pm
Signed.
 

Fred Krohn (32)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 3:32 pm
Come on, guys, if she's not willing, go use your hand somewhere and leave her alone. Violent rape should be a capital crime, and in Japan that means you lose your head! Seppuku if you're a man about it; execution if you're a coward.
 

Milkah Savage (286)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 3:43 pm
Rape is about control, torture ad sheer violence. Anyone who commits such a violent act against another should not be walking the streets. This SOB needs to be in jail. No matter who he is !!
Gladly signed..Thanks my friend
 

Florence Eaise (127)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 3:52 pm
Im so P*SSED about this i could SCREAM! Im a rape survivor and i DONT care who did the raping or where it was done I DEMAND JUSTICE!!!! NO ONE should be able to get away with rape, to let that womans rapist go is akin to raping her mentally all over again its disgusting why let him go just because he's in the military so he can come home and do the same thing a woman is a woman is a woman no matter what part of the world and a rape is a rape regaurdless of who did it im so frigging mad right now uuhhhggg signed and shared thanks Naoko for posting this noted
 

Naoko I. (233)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 4:11 pm
Thanks all standing with Jane, and many other rape victims. Rapist is a coward.
 

Judith C. (86)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 5:21 pm
Signed, thank you Naoko.
 

Charles Muehlhof (19)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 6:20 pm
If this outrage occurred in Afghanistan or Iraq, the G.I.'s would have been dealt with and punished! It's a matter of 'political' sensitivity. Right now, Japan isn't 'important', much to our disgrace.
 

Joan Mcallister (243)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 9:26 pm
Signed. They must be punished. Thanks Naoko
 

Rhonda Bird (2)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 9:41 pm
They must be held accountable for their actions
 

David Lilja (43)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 11:13 pm
Signing now Cheers
 

Parvez Zuberi (7)
Wednesday August 29, 2012, 11:55 pm
Noted and signed thanks
 

Robert O. (13)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 1:46 am
Have most definitely signed. Atrocities like this cannot go ignored and unpunished. Just because the perpetrator is in the military does not mean they are above and beyond the law or reproach. Thank you Naoko.
 

Jutta N. (169)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 3:28 am
Thank you Naoko - so signed
They should be punished for what they commited
 

Teresa Cowley (273)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 3:55 am
Signed petition and shared on fb.
 

Les Lambert (179)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 7:17 am
Raped cannot be tolerated
 

Janet G. (0)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 7:39 am
Petition signed.
 

Reggie Thomas (5)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 9:09 am
Done.
 

Brenda Towers (0)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 2:11 pm
N&S
 

Lois Jordan (42)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 4:33 pm
Signed & Noted. Thanks, Naoko.
 

Carole K. (199)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 6:11 pm
Noted & signed. TY, Naoko!
 

Gloria H. (80)
Thursday August 30, 2012, 11:38 pm
why should rapist be sent home (to his family wife and kids?? parents? siblings? ) to live a normal happy life after he basically terrorized another human being? Why should this creep get away with rape? There is absolutely no excuse for what was done. None at all. Least of all, cause he wanted to, knew he could get away with it, had no reservations about doing it, and no regret.
this is NOT a matter of "boys will be boys" on "shore leave". I hope he "disappears under unusual circumstances" never to be seen again unless in the form of mystery sushi served to the ship's crew.
signed.
 

Mm M. (420)
Saturday September 1, 2012, 10:36 pm
Sorry I am tardy! Naoko Thank you so much fr posting this!

Signed and also got the Heads up from a forward from Vickey P!!

 

Judy C. (107)
Sunday September 2, 2012, 3:44 am
Gladly signed. Thanks Naoko.
 

Past Member (0)
Tuesday September 4, 2012, 4:21 am
thak you Naoko. noted and signed
 

Sergio Padilla (50)
Wednesday September 5, 2012, 2:46 pm
So signed and shared!
 

Trudy Killa (129)
Wednesday September 5, 2012, 3:16 pm
Absolutely signed!
 

Nancy C. (751)
Monday September 24, 2012, 9:46 am
s&n
 
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