United Nations Raises Concerns About Human Rights Situation In North Korea
The post United Nations Raises Concerns About Human Rights Situation In North Korea appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Flags stand outside the United Nations (UN) building, Geneva. (Photo credit: Sedat Suna/Getty Images) Getty Images As the Human Rights Council prepares to look into the situation in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)), the UN released a highly concerning report about the state of human rights in the country, once referred to by Justice Kirby as human rights violations without “parallel in the contemporary world.” Over a decade later, the situation does not show signs of improvement. On September 5, 2025, the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR), in a press briefing, presented findings of their report, having interviewed 314 victims and witnesses who left North Korea and having consulted with several organizations and experts to evaluate the situation since 2014. The findings of the report suggest that the situation has not improved, and in many cases has worsened. Among the concerns raised is the issue of the death penalty now being used more widely, allowed by law and implemented in practice, than a decade ago. The death penalty is widely used against senior officials for broadly defined “anti-State acts,” for the distribution of unauthorized media, drugs and economic crimes, prostitution, pornography, trafficking and murder. The OHCHR indicated that it collected credible evidence that individuals have been executed for sharing online shows, which is considered to be a crime of “distributing at a certain level, foreign information, foreign media.” Public trials and executions are being used to instil fear in the population and as a deterrent. New laws, policies and practices have enabled increased surveillance and control over citizens in all parts of life, some of whom have ended up in forced labor camps, as political prisoners. As one escapee told OHCHR: “To block the people’s eyes and ears, they strengthened the crackdowns. It…
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Flags stand outside the United Nations (UN) building, Geneva. (Photo credit: Sedat Suna/Getty Images) Getty Images As the Human Rights Council prepares to look into the situation in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)), the UN released a highly concerning report about the state of human rights in the country, once referred to by Justice Kirby as human rights violations without “parallel in the contemporary world.” Over a decade later, the situation does not show signs of improvement. On September 5, 2025, the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR), in a press briefing, presented findings of their report, having interviewed 314 victims and witnesses who left North Korea and having consulted with several organizations and experts to evaluate the situation since 2014. The findings of the report suggest that the situation has not improved, and in many cases has worsened. Among the concerns raised is the issue of the death penalty now being used more widely, allowed by law and implemented in practice, than a decade ago. The death penalty is widely used against senior officials for broadly defined “anti-State acts,” for the distribution of unauthorized media, drugs and economic crimes, prostitution, pornography, trafficking and murder. The OHCHR indicated that it collected credible evidence that individuals have been executed for sharing online shows, which is considered to be a crime of “distributing at a certain level, foreign information, foreign media.” Public trials and executions are being used to instil fear in the population and as a deterrent. New laws, policies and practices have enabled increased surveillance and control over citizens in all parts of life, some of whom have ended up in forced labor camps, as political prisoners. As one escapee told OHCHR: “To block the people’s eyes and ears, they strengthened the crackdowns. It…
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