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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

UN accuses North Korea of ​​crimes against humanity

Protests against the regime of Kim Jong-un is happening in Asia
A Commission of Inquiry instituted UN released its 2013 report on North Korea on Monday and caused a stir by stating bluntly that the violations of human rights in North Korea "constitute crimes against humanity."
"There are 80,000 to 120,000 political prisoners"
This organization calls on its findings to the Security Council of the United Nations to come to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the perpetrators of these crimes accountable. The Investigating Committee considers that "hundreds of thousands of political prisoners died in the camps for the past 50 years", "gradually eliminated by deliberate starvation, forced labor, executions, torture, rape and denial of rights reproduction applied by punishment, forced abortions and infanticide." The three international jurists who compose established that the number of prison camps and decreased due to deaths and some releases, but estimated that "80,000 to 120,000 political prisoners currently being held in prison for four great politicians. " The commission complaint "inadequate response" during the last years of the international community to these crimes and calls the community "accepts responsibility to protect the people of North Korea."



Reviews of the United States
Washington said the UN report shows "clearly and unequivocally the brutal reality" of violations of human rights in North Korea.
U.S. called for "concrete steps" to Pyongyang
The accompanying State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf said that Washington endorsed the report and called on Pyongyang to take "concrete steps" to improve the situation. The document also strongly criticizes the violation of basic freedoms of thought, expression and religion, and the abduction of citizens of her neighbors South Korea and Japan. The report was prepared by the investigating committee on North Korea, founded in March 2013 by the Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva. Harf said the report "reflects the consensus of the international community in the sense thatthe situation (of human rights in North Korea) is the worst in the world."