section_path: Aftermath/Survivor protests
section_name: Survivor protests
paragraph_text: Survivor protests
  
  In 2012, Hahn Jong-seon began a year-long protest in front of South Korea's National Assembly by himself. He held up signs detailing the abuse he endured, along with a photo of him at the age of nine. With the support of human rights groups, more protests began across the country. Hahn Jong-seon, along with another survivor and a human rights activist, wrote a book titled Saranameun ai: urineun eotteoke gongmojaga doeeonna (The Child Who Survived: How We All Become an Accomplice) that attracted public attention.
  
  April 2015 survivors shaved their heads as a demonstration, and in December, Hahn Jong-seon began a hunger strike. September 2017 survivors walked 500 kilometers from the Brothers Home site in Busan to the Blue House in Seoul, which took 2 months. November 2017 survivors began a sit-in in front of the National Assembly building.
  
  Among the most vocal and active participants in the survivor protest movement is Park Soon-hee is one of the most outspoken survivors of Brothers' Home and a key figure in the movement demanding justice for its victims. Detained at the age of ten, Park endured forced labor, physical abuse, and prolonged isolation. Her public testimony has helped to break the silence surrounding Brothers' Home and bring attention to the widespread human rights abuses that took place there under the guise of social welfare. She has participated in protest, media interviews, and truth hearins calling for full government accountability and a formal apology.
  
  To extend beyond domestic democracy, Park has raised concerns about former staff now living abroad, demanding further investigation and possible extradition. She has been particularly vocal about the complicity of religious leaders who supported the facility, emphasizing the need for institutional accountability alongside individual prosecution.
  
  In 2012, Hahn Jong-seon began a year-long protest in front of South Korea's National Assembly by himself. He held up signs detailing the abuse he endured, along with a photo of him at the age of nine. With the support of human rights groups, more protests began across the country. Hahn Jong-seon, along with another survivor and a human rights activist, wrote a book titled Saranameun ai: urineun eotteoke gongmojaga doeeonna (The Child Who Survived: How We All Become an Accomplice) that attracted public attention.
  
  April 2015 survivors shaved their heads as a demonstration, and in December, Hahn Jong-seon began a hunger strike. September 2017 survivors walked 500 kilometers from the Brothers Home site in Busan to the Blue House in Seoul, which took 2 months. November 2017 survivors began a sit-in in front of the National Assembly building.
  
  Among the most vocal and active participants in the survivor protest movement is Park Soon-hee is one of the most outspoken survivors of Brothers' Home and a key figure in the movement demanding justice for its victims. Detained at the age of ten, Park endured forced labor, physical abuse, and prolonged isolation. Her public testimony has helped to break the silence surrounding Brothers' Home and bring attention to the widespread human rights abuses that took place there under the guise of social welfare. She has participated in protest, media interviews, and truth hearins calling for full government accountability and a formal apology.
  
  To extend beyond domestic democracy, Park has raised concerns about former staff now living abroad, demanding further investigation and possible extradition. She has been particularly vocal about the complicity of religious leaders who supported the facility, emphasizing the need for institutional accountability alongside individual prosecution.