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."

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Protests mark Suu Kyi's birthday. Pro-democracy activists march in Burma's capital to mark opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's 59th birthday. [BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition]
8:20:04 PM

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NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR DESCRIBES ABUSE IN JAIL [RFA]
SEOUL, June 18, 2004—A North Korean man who has twice fled across the border to China has described to Radio Free Asia (RFA) how he was crammed into a tiny cell with dozens of repatriated defectors, beaten, and nearly starved after Chinese authorities sent him back. "Each of the detention center cells is about six pyong (about 216 square feet). That's a very small place, where as many as 40 or 50 people are crammed in," he said. [more]
10:13:38 AM

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China Repatriates Seven NK Defectors, Claiming They Wanted To Return - To Execution?. (Article 65 of the North Korean Penal Code makes it a capital offense - 'treason' - for a North Korean to try to defect to a *third* country like South Korea. Even one's family is also often executed. Therefore,... [Free North Korea!]
10:09:52 AM

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Analysis of North Korean Situation By Defector Organization Tells Of Increasing , If Subtle Signs Of Dissent In NK. Democracy Network Against The North Korean Gulag: View of North Korea April - May, 2004 - 1 Current Issue of North Korea from executive members of military and government office Spread of Antiestablishment The sustenance of Kim Jong Il... [Free North Korea!]
10:08:13 AM

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THAILAND: Disappearance of a human rights defender and disappearance of justice in Thailand [Asian Human Rights Commission]
10:03:06 AM

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