Never Again?: North Korea's Gulag  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8780 (Apr. 2012), page 16.
Topik: Geographic Profiles; Prisoners; Prisons; Prisoner Treatment; Torture; Social Responsibility

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In labour camps across its remote northern reaches, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea detains an estimated 150,000-200,000 political prisoners. The regime claims to hold precisely none. The gulag's captives are not told of their crimes, though torture usually produces a "confession". There is no defense, trial, judge or sentence, though most inmates remain in the camps for life, unless they escape. They are victims of forced disappearances, in that neighbors, colleagues and distant family members know nothing about the fate of those who vanish. Executions are routine--and fellow prisoners must often watch. Whole families are incarcerated at a time. The Kim regime divides the population into hereditary classes of the "loyal", "wavering" and "hostile". The North Korean gulag has persisted for twice as long as its Soviet counterpart did. Yet the world looks away. North Korea commits nearly every atrocity that counts as a crime against humanity. A world that places any value on the idea of universal human rights should no longer overlook North Korea's enormities.

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