Human richts in North Korea

Human richts in North Korea are hivily restrictit.  Thare is no richt tae free speech, an the anly radio, televeesion, an news providers that are deemed legal are those operatit bi the govrenment.North Korea: Human Rights Concerns , Amnesty International, November 28, 2006. It is estimatiy that atween 150,000 an 200,000 poleetical prisoners are detained in concentration camps, whaur thay perform forced labour an risk summary beatins, torture an execution.

The 'human richts record o   North Korea is extremely difficult tae fully assess due tae the secretive an closed naitur o the kintra. The North Korean govrenment maks it vera difficult for foreigners tae enter the kintra an strictly monitors thair activities when thay dae. Aid wirkers are subject tae considerable scrutiny an excludit frae places an regions the govrenment daes no wish them tae enter. Syne ceetizens canna freely leave the kintra, it is mainly frae stories o refugees an defectors that the naition's human richts record haes been constructit. The govrenment's poseetion, expressed throu the Korean Central News Agency, is that North Korea haes no human richts issue, acause its socialist seestem wis chosen bi the fowk an serves them faithfully.KCNA Assails Role Played by Japan for UN Passage of "Human Rights" Resolution against DPRK , KCNA, December 22, 2005.KCNA Refutes U.S. Anti-DPRK Human Rights Campaign , KCNA, November 8, 2005.

While it is difficult tae piece thegither a clear picture o the situation athin the kintra, it is clear that the govrenment o North Korea controls virtually aw activities athin the naition. Citizens are nae alloued tae freely speak thair mnds an the govrenment detains those who criticize the regime.U.S. Releases Rights Report, With an Acknowledgment, New York Times, March 7, 2007.  The ae radio, televeesion, an news organisations that are deemed legal are those operatit bi the govrenment. The media, as wi Kim Il-sung,Immortal Feats of President Kim Il Sung in Building Country , KCNA, September 5, 2008. universally praise the admeenistration o Kim Jong-Il. Kim Jong Il Highly Praised , KCNA, January 1, 2009.Kim Jong Il, the tyrant with a passion for wine, women and the bomb, The Independent, October 21, 2006.

A nummer o human richts organisations an governments hae condemned North Korea's human richts record, includin Amnesty International an the Unitit Naitions, which passed a General Assembly resolution in 2008.North Korea rejects UN human richts resolution, International Herald Tribune, November 24, 2008. In its 2006 kintra report on North Korea, the American govrenment-fundit Freedom House alleged that the kintra  "is a totalitarian dictatorship."Freedom in the World 2006 - North Korea , Freedom House. Freedom House categorized North Korea as "Not Free". North Korea haes chairged that that those who mak allegations aboot human richts in the kintra are interferin in the kintra's internal affairs an tryin tae force doun thair values.

In 2004, the Unitit States govrenment adoptit the North Korean Human Richts Act of 2004, which criticised North Korea an ootlined steps the Unitit States shoud tak towards North Korea. Wi the exception o the internaitional abductions issue regardin Japanese, Americans, an Sooth Koreans, which it says haes been fully resolved, North Korea strangly rejects aw reports o human richts violations an accuses the defectors o lyin an promotin a pro-Wast agenda.Ridiculous Move of S. Korean Pro-U.S. Elements under Fire, KCNA, December 20, 2005.

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