North Korea

Human Rights in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

North Korea: Amnesty International denies North Korean claims that ...
4 October 1995

News Service 191/95. AI INDEX: ASA 24/10/95. 5 OCTOBER 1995. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DENIES NORTH KOREAN CLAIMS THAT ITS REPORTS ARE ...

Press Release       ASA 24/010/1995

North Korea: Further information on unacknowledged detention ...
2 October 1995

AI has received a response from the government of North Korea, dated 1 October 1995, concerning the cases of the above. The letter claims that the brother were ...

Urgent Action       ASA 24/009/1995

North Korea: Unacknowledged detention / fear for safety / health ...
4 September 1995

The whereabouts of the three brothers named above, forcibly returned to North Korea from China in June 1995, are unknown. AI is concerned for their safety and believes ...

Urgent Action       ASA 24/007/1995

South Korea and North Korea: Freedom anniversary is not celebrated ...
9 August 1995

News Service 143/95. EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 10 AUGUST 1995. AI INDEX : ASA 02/01/95. SOUTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREA: FREEDOM ANNIVERSARY ...

Press Release       ASA 02/001/1995

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea): What happened ...
31 July 1995

In April 1995, North Korean government officials told AI that former prisoner Cho Ho Pyong, his wife and their three young children had been killed in 1974 while ...

Report       ASA 24/005/1995

North Korea: Concern about the fate of Shibata Kozo and his family
31 August 1994

AI is concerned about the fate of Shibata Kozo, a prisoner whose case the organization described in its October 1993 report "North Korea: Summary of Amnesty International's ...

Report       ASA 24/007/1994

Amnesty International News Service 169/94
31 July 1994

1. Tadzhikistan: AI concerned about fate of captured government soldiers; 2. North/South Korea: AI's concerns; 3. Haiti: Human rights ignored in UN resolution ...

Report       NWS 11/169/1994

Amnesty International News Service 156/94
19 July 1994

1. Romania: "Public scandal" ruling threatens rights of homosexuals; 2. North Korea's human rights record remains grim following the death of President Kim Il Sung ...

Report       NWS 11/156/1994

North Korea: New information about political prisoners
31 May 1994

This report contains new information concerning 58 people reported to be detained for political offences in North Korea. The fate of many of those described in ...

Report       ASA 24/005/1994

North Korea: The death penalty
31 March 1994

This paper discusses AI's concern that the death penalty may be widely used in North Korea. The authorities claim that it is rarely used but have provided no statistics ...

Report       ASA 24/001/1994