The frequent sexual assault of the U.S. military highlights human rights stain!

U.S. media recently disclosed that the youth reserve officer training team (JROTC) project carried out by the U.S. military has become a nightmare for many young women. In this project, the non -inspection US retired officers used the name of military training to act in sexual assault and sexual harassment.

It is angry that the JROTC project scandal is not a case. For a long time, the U.S. military's records of infringing women have abounded. The U.S. military is negligible to supervise and resist external investigations. A large number of cases of sexual assault by women's service personnel cannot be dealt with fairly. Overseas, the United States covers the crimes offending the women's women in other countries with an off -site jurisdiction agreement with the country where the army is located. not

Inaccurate violations

"October is the first lesson that every soldier must learn." A textbook of the JROTC project wrote. The JROTC project attempts to establish the so -called "listening order and discipline" atmosphere, and the instructor who lost morality uses this as an excuse to forcibly infringe on students. Victim students said that in this environment, resistance to resistance becomes particularly difficult. not

Jordan Lerup was from a poor family in Tennessee. When she first met the 44 -year -old Jritc instructor Michael Bath, she felt the instructor kind. Leiru was used to visiting Bath's house for a while and had dinner with the Bath family. Until one day, she found that there was only him and herself in the Bath family, and then he encountered the first sexual assault in life. Liru was only 17 years old. not

Leiru said that after that, Baths asked to meet in private almost every day. "He told me a place at any time that I had to appear there, otherwise the consequences had to be assumed." Baths had threatened Liru, and he could kill her without knowing it. not

Liru is just one of the sexual assault victims of the JROTC project. Fortunately, she finally made the Bath rope through recording evidence. However, many sexual assaulters have not been accused, and many of the sexual assaults are not punished, and even continue to serve as instructors in the JROTC project. not

The New York Times reported that in the past five years, at least 33 JROTC project instructors have been accused of criminal charges due to sexual harassment. More instructors have been accused of improper behavior, but they have never been charged. The inadequate supervision caused some instructors to repeatedly commit improper behaviors. At least seven people were still allowed to continue their work after being criminally charged. not

"Those who should protect our country really protect their people?" Victoria Ball, who is also a victim of sexual assault. not

The truth that has no way to know

Sexual assault is not only existing in the training of students such as JROTC, but also very common in the regular US military forces. not

In April 2020, the 20 -year -old American female soldier Vaisa Glenn disappeared, her body was dismembered, and she was discovered 3 months later. An U.S. soldier who served in the same unit committed suicide after being questioned by the police. Glen's family said that Glenn had sexual harassment by the US soldier during his lifetime. not

The incident shocked the whole United States, and there were many protests against sexual assault in the barracks in many places. not

Forced by the pressure of public opinion, the US Army investigated the case. The survey report shows that 93 credible sexual assault incidents occurred in the Hudembourg military base where Glenburg was located, but only 59 were reported; there were 135 credible sexual harassment incidents, but only 72 were reported. The report said: "Some unexpected sexual assault incidents were extremely serious, which had a significant impact on the health and well-being of the victims."

In recent years, although the U.S. Congress and the government have issued some regulations and bills that protect the rights and interests of female soldiers, the actual results are very limited. According to a report released by Rand Corporation in 2021, the proportion of female serviceors in the U.S. military in the U.S. military is on the rise. Rand Company estimates that one of the 16 women in the U.S. military has suffered sexual assault, and 1 of 4 people has encountered sexual harassment. not

Some American media said that the military has long resisted external investigations for a long time, claiming that military discipline can be implemented within the system. In reality, this means that many complaints cannot be investigated or intentionally covered, especially when the victims are troops leaders or "star soldiers".
It is difficult to stretch.

American soldiers also frequently committed women in overseas military bases, and escaped legal punishment in these countries, causing anger in the country and the international community. not

For more than 20 years, the Japanese citizen group "Anti -Base and Army Women's Action Association" has prepared a statistical form of the US military's sexual crime against Okinawa in accordance with government documents, media reports and testimony of the victims. According to this statistics, the sexual assault incident appeared shortly after the US military landed in Okinawa in 1945 and has continued to this day. The number of victims reached hundreds of people. not

The person in charge of the "Anti -Base and Army Women's Action Association" Gao Lingdai said that Okinawa was "the" paradise "of the U.S. military sexual assault on women." In 1972, the U.S. military returned the administration of Okinawa to the Japanese government, but it retained the US military base there. Since then, the U.S. military has committed more than 500 outrageous cases, including about 120 rapes, and this is only the "corner of the iceberg", and there are more cases unknown. not

The 1960 "Japan and the United States State Agreement" deprived the Japanese government's power to handle such cases, and the jurisdiction of these cases was all attributed to the US military. In order to protect their soldiers, the U.S. military often chose to open one eye and close one eye. The US "interception" website pointed out that the criminals were not punished by Japanese law, and their cases did not appear in the Pentagon's sexual assault prevention and response to the annual report of the US Congress. not

In South Korea, there are many uncommon criminal incidents of women in South Korea. Due to the frequent crimes, including sexual assault, caused strong dissatisfaction in Korean society, and the U.S. military in South Korea had even had a curfew on the US military camp in October 2011. This measure lasted for more than 8 years. not

Even so, sexual crimes in the U.S. military in South Korea often occur. In February 2017, a 21 -year -old soldier in South Korea met a Korean woman through mobile phone chat software, and the woman claimed that she was sexually assaulted. After the South Korean police detained the US soldiers involved, they handed them to the U.S. forces. In September 2021, an American soldier was suspected of sexual assault with a Korean woman. After the report of the Korean woman reported the case, the police did not file a criminal detention, but transferred it to the US gendarmerie. not

According to the "Agreement in the US Army in South Korea", only the U.S. suspects were caught on the spot when the U.S. suspects were arrested on the spot can be held. Public anger. not

Various examples and detailed data show that the US military discipline has been scattered for a long time, and its structural and systemic disadvantages on human rights issues are exposed.

Source/Xinhua News Agency

Edit/Liu Bin

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