Beatings and forced abortions: Life in a North Korea prison - BBC
Mar 27, 2022 · Prison was supposed to deter people from escaping North Korea - it clearly didn't work on Young-joo or on her cell mates. Most were waiting to be sentenced for trying to leave …
The harrowing experiences of North Korean women prisoners
Jul 29, 2020 · Pyongyang has dismissed the UN report, which quotes 100 women who experienced torture, malnutrition, forced labor, sexual violence and murder of new-born …
Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North ... - CNN
Mar 23, 2023 · These are just some of the abuses commonplace in North Korean prisons and other detention facilities, according to former detainees whose testimony forms the basis of a …
North Koreans systematically raped, tortured and degraded in …
Oct 19, 2020 · North Korea’s pre-trial detainees are subjected to systemic torture, humiliation and sexual assault, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch, which says those held in …
UN: Expose Abuses of Women in Detention in North Korea
Nov 6, 2017 · (Geneva) – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women should press the North Korean government to stop security officials and …
Inmates in North Korean prisons are raped, beaten, and starved ...
Mar 24, 2023 · Inmates in North Korean prisons are raped, beaten, and starved, watchdog finds. Some eat roaches and rats just to survive. A female North Korean soldier guards the banks of …
Kaechon prison camp works its inmates to death
Jun 10, 2024 · The workshop of the prison camp urged the women inmates to use up all the materials they had received before North Korea closed the national border because of COVID …
North Korean women faced torture, rape, malnourishment in …
Jul 28, 2020 · North Korean women detained in prison camps suffered from torture, rape and other forms of "multiple and serious" violence by security and police officials, a U.N. human …
Abuse of Women Detained in North Korea Given Special Attention …
Oct 20, 2020 · The report is based on in-depth interviews with over 100 women who were subjected to forced repatriation and subsequent detention in North Korea from 2009 to 2019. …
Women in North Korea’s Detention Centers Face Sexual Abuse: …
Jul 28, 2020 · A UN report revealed North Korean women undergo forced labor, sexual violence, and forced abortion and infanticide in the country’s detention centers.