Category: Totalitarianism

Communist North Korea: Human rights situation in DPR Korea is bleak, independent UN expert says
— UN: “The many instances of harrowing and horrific human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will continue unless certain measures at the national and international levels are taken, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the country said today.
— “‘From witnessing the human rights situation in the country for the past six years, one finding is glaring: the abuses against the general population, for which authorities should be responsible, are both egregious and endemic,’ said Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn, introducing his final report today to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Mr. Muntarbhorn’s maximum term of six years expires this year.”