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Human Rights in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Amnesty International | North Korea: UN Commission of Inquiry a ...
21 March 2013

The North Korean government must co-operate fully with a new UN investigation - the Commission of Inquiry - into grave, systematic and widespread human rights ...

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North Korea: UN Human Rights Council urged to set up Commission of ...
11 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA ADVISORY. AI index: ASA 24/005/2013. 11 March 2013. North Korea: UN Human Rights Council urged to set up Commission of Inquiry. ...

PressItem       ASA 24/005/2013

North Korea: New images show blurring of prison camps and villages ...
7 March 2013

Analysis of new satellite images shows the North Korean government is blurring the lines between its political prison camps and the surrounding population.

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North Korea: New satellite images show blurring of political ...
7 March 2013

Since the ascension of Kim Jong Un as the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in December 2011, there have been no noticeable improvements ...

Report       ASA 24/004/2013

Wire, July/August 2012. Vol. 42, issue 04
1 July 2012

1) The Agenda 2) Up front "They know they are being watched" 3) Bhopal: Carrying the torch 4) International Day of the Disappeared: "Our life without him is bare ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2012

يوليو/ تموز - اغسطس/ آب 2012 المجلد 42 ...
1 July 2012

ﻩﺬه ةﺮﺸﻨﻟا ﺮﻴﻏ ةﺮﻓﻮﺘﻣ نﻵا فﻮﺳ ﻢﺘﻳ ﺎهﺮﺸﻧ ﺎﺒﻳﺮﻗ.

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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North Korea: Catastrophic human rights record overshadows 'Day of ...
12 April 2012

In North Korea, hundreds of thousands of people exist in prison camps out of sight of the rest of the world, where human rights protections are ignored.

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Letter Writing Marathon 2011: Final report
1 March 2012

In 2011, 14 cases of individuals at risk were selected to feature in the Letter Writing Marathon. The aim of "Write for Rights" is to bring about change in the ...

Report       ACT 30/038/2012

North Korea: Fears for forcibly returned North Koreans
28 February 2012

At least nine North Koreans have reportedly been forcibly returned from China to North Korea where they are at serious risk of arbitrary detention, torture and ...

Urgent Action       ASA 24/002/2012