Monday, February 17, 2014

UN Report On North Korean 'Crimes Against Humanity' Released (Updated)

The Guardian

North Korean Human Rights Abuses Systematic And Unparalleled, Says UN -- The Guardian

Inquiry chairman writes to Kim Jong-un warning he could face trial at The Hague for crimes against humanity

North Korea's leadership is committing systematic and appalling human rights abuses against its own citizens on a scale unparalleled in the modern world, crimes against humanity with strong parallels to those committed by the Nazis, a United Nations inquiry has concluded.

The UN's commission on human rights in North Korea, which gathered evidence for almost a year, including often harrowing testimony at public hearings worldwide, said there was compelling evidence of torture, execution and arbitrary imprisonment, deliberate starvation and an almost complete lack of free thought and belief.

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More News On The UN Report That Details North Korea State Abuses

UN's North Korea report: Main findings -- BBC
Torture, executions, rapes: the UN's dossier on North Korea's state abuses -- The Guardian
The UN report on North Korea: Four things to know -- Washington Post

World must act on North Korea rights abuse, says UN report -- BBC
'Abundant evidence' of crimes against humanity in North Korea, panel says -- CNN
U.N. documents North Korean torture chambers, prison camps ... and luxury goods -- Reuters
UN probe demands justice for North Korea atrocities -- AFP
UN report finds widespread human rights violations in North Korea -- MSNBC
UN Report: North Korea Committing Crimes Against Humanity -- Voice of America
UN report find evidence of appalling human rights abuses in North Korea -- Irish Times
North Korea is responsible for Nazi-like atrocities and its leaders should be tried for exterminating, starving and enslaving its population, say U.N. investigators -- Daily Mail
North Korea's Horrors 'Strikingly Similar' To Nazi Acts: UN -- NBC
North Korea crimes ‘strikingly similar’ to Nazi era -- Euronews
Experts Praise Exposure of North Korea's Human Rights 'Depravity' -- Voice of America
U.N. Panel Says North Korean Leader Could Face Trial -- New York Times
Kim Jong-Un warned he could face prosecution for 'crimes against humanity' -- The Telegraph
UN commission warns leader Kim Jong-Un he could face trial for 'systematic and unparalleled' human rights abuses in North Korea -- The Independent
UN Probe Finds North Korea’s Kim Should Face Rights Trial -- Bloomberg
Hundreds may be involved in gravest North Korean crimes - investigator -- Reuters

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