Human rights in North Korea
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The human rights record of North Korea is marked by significant and repeated human rights violations. Groups such as Human Rights Watch, the United Nations and Freedom House have condemned its human r
Commissioners Marzuki Darusman, Sonja Biserko, and Michael Donald Kirby (Chair) present their report to the UN Human Rights Council
North Korean soldiers at the DMZ
Kim Jong Un
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Kim Jong Un is a North Korean politician and dictator who is currently serving as the supreme leader of North Korea since 2011, following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. He is the third ruler fr
Human rights in North Korea
…between refugees and these NGOs, the punishments for these refugees are torture and execution upon their repatriation back to North Korea. In May 2016, Kim Jong Un temporarily banned all weddings and funerals across the country, and freedom of movement into and out of the capital, in preparation for a meeting, on…
The Liebefeld-Steinhölzli public school in Köniz, Switzerland, reportedly attended by Kim Jong Un
People bowing to the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, April 2012
Portraits of Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather (Arirang Festival mass games in Pyongyang)
North Korean soldiers saluting at the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in Pyongyang, 2012