Human Rights Abuses

North Korea is a horrible place to live for people. People there practically have no rights or any sort of freedom. The government continues to impose totalitarian rule. There is a human rights watcher that looks at how human rights are handled in different country's.North Korean refugees living in exile, some of whom fled after Kim Jong-Un took power, told Human Rights Watch that people arrested in North Korea are routinely tortured by officials seeking confessions, bribes, and obedience. Common forms of torture include sleep deprivation, beatings with iron rods or sticks, kicking and slapping, and enforced sitting or standing for hours.

The government uses fear, generated mainly by threats of forced labor, and public executions, to prevent dissent, and imposes harsh restrictions on freedom of information and travel. All media and publications are state controlled, and unauthorized access to non-state radio or TV broadcasts is punished. North Koreans are punished if found with mobile media such as DVDs or computer ‘flash drives’ containing unauthorized TV programs, such as South Korean drama and entertainment shows. Unauthorized use of Chinese mobile phones to communicate with people outside North Korea is also harshly punished.

Whats going on in North Korea is horrible and eventually some other countries will have to step in and end the madness. 

By: Rony Rud G-Band