Human Rights and Religious Liberty
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 18 "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
Sunday, February 29, 2004

Globe and Mail: 'Pressure grows for quick resolution of Ri case'. Pressure grows for quick resolution of Ri case By MARINA JIMENEZ From Saturday's Globe and Mail The most influential international organization lobbying for human rights in North Korea is taking up the case of Song Dae Ri, asking Canada to grant the North Korean defector asylum. The Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights will circulate a petition this weekend in Warsaw at a conference in the Polish capital dedicated to exposing the abuses of the "world's darkest and most closed nation." Alice Suh, a conference organizer, worries that by rejecting Mr. Ri's refugee case, Canada is sending a negative message to other North Korean exiles in search of a haven. The conference, organized with the Helsinki Foundation for Human... [Free North Korea!]
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