North Korea: Fear of Torture / Ill-treatment

Index Number: ASA 24/002/2004
Date Published: 19 November 2004
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, North Korea

Three members of the same family, imprisoned for leaving North Korea without authorization, are reportedly at imminent risk of transfer to one of the country's political penal labour camps. Conditions in these camps are notoriously harsh and would further endanger their health, already thought to have been weakened by months of torture and ill-treatment in detention.