Lage in Nordkorea und Burma "entsetzlich"

UN expert spotlights ‘abysmal’ human rights situation in DPR Korea

“The freedoms from want, from fear, from discrimination, from persecution and from exploitation are regrettably transgressed with impunity by those authorities, in an astonishing setting of abuse after abuse,” said Vitit Muntarbhorn, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK.

“They compromise and threaten not only human rights, but also international peace and security,” Mr. Muntarbhorn said in his report to the General Assembly.

9 Millionen Menschen, also mehr als jeder dritte Nordkoreaner leidet unter Nahrungsmangel, so Muntarbhorn in seinem Bericht. Weiter heißt:

Despite various formal guarantees in their Constitution, the people of the DPRK are subject to “persecution, clampdowns, collective punishment, torture, arbitrary executions, public executions, etc.,” said the Special Rapporteur.

In addition, the report said that people live in continual fear in a system where citizens are pressured into informing on each other, the State practises extensive surveillance over the population and even officials live in trepidation as their colleagues are encouraged to “whistleblow” on one another.

Internetzugang und einen eigenen PC gibt es nur mit spezieller staatlicher Erlaubnis, ausländische Filme und Sendungen sind ebenso wie südkoreanische Bücher strikt verboten.


Auch die Lage in Burma (Birma, Myanmar) ist nach einem aktuellen UN-Bericht "alarmierend".

Spiegel