an hour agoSeven states claim that North Korea is holding 100,000 prisoners in camps
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(4 years ago)Seven countries, including the United States, claim that more than 100,000 people are in political prison camps in North Korea and were subjected to torture, extra - law executions, and hunger. In a joint statement on behalf of Great Britain, France, Japan, Ireland, Estonia, and Norway, Linda Thomas Greenfield, the permanent representative of [...]
In a joint statement on behalf of Great Britain, France, Japan, Ireland, Estonia and Norway, Linda Thomas Greenfield, the US permanent representative to the United Nations, drew attention to systematic human rights violations in North Korea.
North Korea's “regime continues to hold more than 100,000 people in political prison camps, where they are subjected to torture, forced labour, extra-trial murders, hunger and sexual violence”, Greenfield said.
She stressed that the rest of the population is ruled by a regime of fear and that they have been stripped of basic rights for freedom of expression.
Noting that human rights violations are documented and that the state is committing “crimes against humanity” in North Korea, according to the UN Commission, Greenfield called on the UN Security Council to take steps on the issue.
