1 Democratic People&039s Republic of (North) Korea
- Author: prisonstudies.org
- Published Date: 08/04/2022
- Review: 4.88 (851 vote)
- Summary: The U.S. State Department human rights report for 2016 says that estimates of the prison population total range between 80,000 and 120,000
2 North Korea: Horrific Pretrial Detention System
- Author: hrw.org
- Published Date: 10/08/2021
- Review: 4.63 (376 vote)
- Summary: · The North Korean pre-trial detention and investigation system is … than 50 detainees disappeared [into the political prison camp system]
- Matching search results: All toiletries came from the homes of the detainees. After detention, the police informed the families and the investigator in charge went over and brought things like soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels, or menstrual pads. [The guards] broke the …
3 North Korea Releases Thousands of Prisoners to Celebrate Former Leaders Birthday
- Author: voanews.com
- Published Date: 01/14/2022
- Review: 4.59 (523 vote)
- Summary: · The North Korean prison system is well known to be incredibly brutal. Former inmates who have escaped the country have said prisoners are poorly
- Matching search results: “It is prohibited to gather to drink or eat, and chief officials should check the situation frequently to prevent any problems that harm the atmosphere of the event. Tensions are rising as it warns that those who cause problems during the three-day …
4 Rights group says North Korea has expanded prison
- Author: refworld.org
- Published Date: 01/14/2022
- Review: 4.32 (275 vote)
- Summary: · The North Korean government appears to have enlarged one of its notorious prison labor camps so that it can handle an influx of female prisoners
- Matching search results: “It is prohibited to gather to drink or eat, and chief officials should check the situation frequently to prevent any problems that harm the atmosphere of the event. Tensions are rising as it warns that those who cause problems during the three-day …
5 About the Camps – North Korea’s Hidden Gulags
- Author: nkhiddengulag.org
- Published Date: 12/05/2021
- Review: 3.99 (444 vote)
- Summary: There are four known political prison camps and over twenty prison labor camps spread throughout North Korea. Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s first leader, modeled
- Matching search results: “It is prohibited to gather to drink or eat, and chief officials should check the situation frequently to prevent any problems that harm the atmosphere of the event. Tensions are rising as it warns that those who cause problems during the three-day …
6 Beatings and forced abortions: Life in a North Korea prison
- Author: bbc.com
- Published Date: 12/20/2021
- Review: 3.84 (239 vote)
- Summary: · Prison was supposed to deter people from escaping North Korea – it clearly didn’t work on Young-joo or on her cell mates
- Matching search results: “It is prohibited to gather to drink or eat, and chief officials should check the situation frequently to prevent any problems that harm the atmosphere of the event. Tensions are rising as it warns that those who cause problems during the three-day …
7 We were punch bags: North Korean prison beatings may be form of torture, says UN
- Author: theguardian.com
- Published Date: 03/07/2022
- Review: 3.63 (283 vote)
- Summary: · Detainees in North Korea are forced into gruelling manual labour and beaten so severely it may be a form of torture, the UN has said, as it
- Matching search results: Many accounts centre on North Korea’s continued reliance on forced labour, including from conscripted soldiers, members of the general population, and children. Detainees described their work to OHCHR, ranging from making artificial eyelashes to …
8 New database offers a view into harsh conditions in North Korean prisons
- Author: huridocs.org
- Published Date: 06/30/2022
- Review: 3.43 (529 vote)
- Summary: · Korea Future, with support from HURIDOCS, has launched the North Korean Prison Database that documents human rights violations in the North
- Matching search results: “Using Uwazi, we have been able to simultaneously break down our raw data into granular details and track the broader patterns of violations. The recently revamped multi-inheritance function was especially helpful for identifying new patterns in an …
9 UN expert urges North Korea to dismantle political prison camps
- Author: reuters.com
- Published Date: 12/22/2021
- Review: 3.38 (355 vote)
- Summary: · A U.N. human rights expert called on North Korea on Monday to release tens of thousands of people believed to languish in political prison
- Matching search results: “Using Uwazi, we have been able to simultaneously break down our raw data into granular details and track the broader patterns of violations. The recently revamped multi-inheritance function was especially helpful for identifying new patterns in an …
