In North Korea, 200,000 people are being held in prison camps that involve them in torture, rape and slave labor. The UN hoped that once Kim Jong Un became the new leader that changes would start to be made concerning the human rights of the citizens but it does not look like that will be happening. They estimate that there are around 200,000 people split up between six camps in North Korea for alleged political crimes. There were two survivors that spoke up and said that the camps participated in forms of torture and inhumane treatment. Their living conditions were enough for it to be classified as abuse, with little to no food, medical care or clothing. They believe this problem is being overshadowed by the much larger nuclear bombs that are being threatened to be launched.
This is probably just one of the many countries that still have these forms of camps for citizens and it is heart breaking to know that they still exist. These people are placed here to pay for their crimes but instead of a jail sentence, they are almost sentenced to death in the forms of abuse. Because of North Korea’s government and the fear of nuclear weapons, it is almost impossible for any other countries to try to shut down these camps. These people are suffering but have to continue to suffer until the government says enough, which they won’t. It is sad that we think jail is such a hard punishment here yet we cannot even begin to imagine what it is like in other places.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=169382800
Amanda Kerns
2/1/2013 3:35pm
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