In May this year, Jestin, a Knanaya Catholic was forced to marry his bride Vijimol, a non-Knanaya Catholic, after they were refused the NOC needed for a church wedding, despite a court order in their favour.
One reason why the opinion of the Catholic churches in Kerala changed is because of what priests who came back to Kerala from Manipur conveyed to them about the situation there.
Filipino women who were treated as sex slaves by the Japanese army during World War II have rejected a move for compensation, saying the money is useless at their advanced age.