Overview
The authorities continued to impose severe restrictions on freedom of movement and access to information. Widespread and systematic controls over the daily lives of people and frequent pressing of the public into labour mobilizations severely affected the enjoyment of human rights. Foreign media reported several public executions. People in detention experienced torture and other ill-treatment and harsh conditions. The government continued to expand engagement with the international community including participating in the third UN Universal Periodic Review of its human rights record.[1] However, authorities have still not allowed the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to visit.
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Retains the death penalty in law
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