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January 15, 2013

U.N. Calls for Human Rights Probe in North Korea 
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The top U.N. human rights official is calling for an international probe
of alleged crimes against humanity by the government of North Korea. On
Monday, Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the
probe should focus on North Korea's notorious, but secretive, prison
camps believed to hold up to 200,000 people in brutal conditions. U.N.
spokesperson Rupert Colville said an international investigation is long
overdue.

Rupert Colville: "Pretty much all we know is coming from refugees who've
escaped from North Korea, but the picture they paint is really terrible.
You're talking about a situation that has no parallel anywhere in the
world. The allegations of what's taking place in North Korea, especially
in this prison camps system are really of enormous gravity, and could in
some cases amount to crimes against humanity."

 

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