[RED DEMOCRATICA] Report: North Korea's violation of human rights must be prosecuted

 

Quote of the day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN-Arab League envoy remorseful for breakdown in peace talks Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   February 17, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Report: North Korea's violation of human rights must be prosecuted North Korea has committed crimes against humanity -- enslavement, torture and political repression -- and the perpetrators of those violations must be prosecuted, says the United Nations Human Rights Council report on North Korea. "These are not mere excesses of the state; they are essential components of a political system that has moved far from the ideals on which it claims to be founded," the report says. 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