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Ex-POW's sue Japan over atrocities Publisher:  Connexions Information Sharing Services, Toronto, Canada Year Published:  1992   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter Abstract:  Surviving prisoners of war and civilian internees from six countries have filed a claim with the United Nations Human Rights Commission for war reparations against Japan. The action is being carried forward by The War Amputations of Canada. The action is on behalf of 200,000 survivors and their widows, including 1,200 Canadians. The Japanese government has refused to compensate war veterans on the grounds that the peace treaties it signed in 1951 and 1952 ended its legal obligations. Japan subjected prisoners of war to numerous atrocities, including beatings, torture, deliberate undernourishment and starvation, illegal medical experiments, inadequate shelter and clothing, and forced labour, all in violation of the Geneva accords. Topics Human Rights Abuses Japanese History/WWII War Prisoners

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