North Korea

Human Rights in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

North Korea: South Korean national Mr Yu X released - Further ...
13 August 2009

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 ...

Urgent Action       ASA 24/010/2009

North Korea: Torture, death penalty and abductions - Information ...
2 August 2009

North Korea: Torture, death penalty and abductions - Information sheet

Document       ASA 24/003/2009

North Korea: Freedom of movement, opinion and expression ...
2 August 2009

North Korea: Freedom of movement, opinion and expression - Information sheet

Document       ASA 24/002/2009

Corea del Norte: Libertad de circulación, opinión y expresión.
2 August 2009

Corea del Norte: Libertad de circulación, opinión y expresión.

Document       ASA 24/002/2009

Corea del Norte: Tortura, pena de muerte y secuestros.
2 August 2009

Corea del Norte: Tortura, pena de muerte y secuestros.

Document       ASA 24/003/2009

North Korea: Torture, death penalty and abductions - Information ...
2 August 2009

Approximately 200000 people are held in detention facilities in North Korea. Many are subjected to torture and other ill-treatment such as hard labour. The death ...

Document       ASA 24/003/2009

North Korea: Freedom of movement, opinion and expression ...
2 August 2009

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 ...

Document       ASA 24/002/2009

North Korea: The right to food and monitoring human rights ...
2 August 2009

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 ...

Document       ASA 24/001/2009

North Korea: The right to food and monitoring human rights ...
2 August 2009

North Korea: The right to food and monitoring human rights [Information sheet]

Document       ASA 24/001/2009

North Korea: Torture: Yu X (m)
26 June 2009

South Korean national Yu X was arrested on 30 March 2009 at the Kaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea, where he was working. He has been held incommunicado ...

Urgent Action       ASA 24/009/2009