http://www.amnesty.org/en/adv_search/feed/library Download Documents from Amnesty International Library Search Results en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/IOR41/031/2009/en Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/010/2009/en North Korean authorities released South Korean national Yu X ( his full name is deleted for safety reasons) on 13 August 2009, after nearly five months in detention. Yu X is an employee of Hyundai Asan Corporation and his release followed a visit by Hyundai Asan Chairperson Hyun Jeong-eun to Pyongyang on 10 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/003/2009/ja Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/002/2009/ja Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/002/2009/es Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/003/2009/es Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/003/2009/en Approximately 200,000 people are held in detention facilities in North Korea. Many are subjected to torture and other ill-treatment such as hard labour. The death penalty is often imposed even though the alleged crime is not subject to death sentence under domestic law. The country has also followed a policy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/002/2009/en Thousands of North Koreans illegally cross the border into China every year. If caught by the Chinese authorities and forcibly returned, they face detention, torture and, if convicted of illegal border-crossing, execution. Freedom of opinion and expression is severely restricted in North Korea. All media is Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/001/2009/en Nearly a million people have died because of acute food shortages since the mid-1990s, and millions more, especially children and the elderly, suffer from chronic malnutrition. The North Korean government is exacerbating people's suffering by impeding UN and humanitarian organizations' relief efforts. The No Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/001/2009/zh Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International