Human Rights Abuses

It’s a privilege to have human rights. But not everyone has them, especially the people in North Korea. The government of North Korea gave no human rights to their people. The government continues to impose totalitarian rule. Everything is controlled by the government. All the media and publications are state controlled and unauthorized access to non-state radio or TV broadcasts are punished. The punishments are crucial and horrifying. In addition if a person is accused of political offenses, they will be sent to kwan li so. It is a brutal forced labor camp. It is a nightmare. People live in terrible living conditions, abuse, starvation, no or very little health care, and execution by the guards. Individuals also get tortured such as beating with iron rods, kicking, slapping, standing for hours, and women will also be raped by the guards. Death rates in these camps are extremely high. It is estimated that there are between 150,000 to 200,000 political prisoners that are detained in concentration camps. Nobody wants to be in these camps but that’s how the government is run. No one can tolerate the government; if they do they will be sent to the concentration camps. In North Korea only the good is spoken about their leader/government, nothing bad is spoken about. I believe the people who live in North Korea need to know and realize what is happening and learn how terrible their leader is. The people are brain washed. They can’t do anything as well because the government is controlling everything. It’s a nightmare living in North Korea. People in North Korea have no idea how life is like outside North Korea, they have not witness anything besides being stuck like in like a jail place and being torture.I hope there can be a solution for the people in North Korea, but under no human rights and having the government controlling everything they do, its hard for them to speak up. 

Amy Zhang    
G-Band