Right to freedom of thought and religion continues to be denied in N. Korea: U.S. report

Описание: 美 '2022 종교자유 보고서' 발표 "北, 종교자유 침해 심각"

The U.S. Department of State on Tuesday released its annual report on the status of religious freedom in every country.
The report raised concerns about the denial of the right to freedom of thought and religion in North Korea.
Lee Shi-hoo starts us off.

“The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion continues to be denied" in North Korea, "with no alternative belief systems tolerated by the authorities” read the U.S. Department of State's annual report to Congress on International Religious Freedom.
The 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom, which describes the status of religious freedom in every country, released Monday, showed special concern for the violation of the right to freedom of thought in North Korea.
It highlighted that "the situation had not fundamentally changed since the publication of the 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) report on human rights in the DPRK, which found that authorities almost completely denied the rights to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion."
It also said that the authorities in many instances committed human rights violations that constituted crimes against humanity.
The regime reportedly continued to execute, torture, arrest, and physically abuse individuals for religious activities.
It also notes that COVID-19 restrictions on travel to and from the country further reduced information about conditions, making details on cases of abuse and estimates involving religious groups difficult to verify.
However, data was provided by the NGOs Korea Future, Open Doors USA, and the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights to show the severity of persecution of religious groups.
As for China, the report cited religious groups, NGOs, and international media reports that pointed out that the government is continuing to assert control over religious groups and restrict activities it perceives as threatening to the state or CCP interests.

The U.S. Department of State submits the reports in accordance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
North Korea and China are on the Department of State's list of Countries of Particular Concern.
Lee Shi-hoo, Arirang News.

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2023-05-16, 09:00 (KST)