South Korea: Two teachers imprisoned

Index Number: ASA 25/049/1990
Date Published: 1 November 1990
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, South Korea

This document describes Amnesty International's (AI) concerns about repression of members of a teachers' union in South Korea. Lee Yong-ju, Chairman of the South Kyongsang provincial branch of Chonkyojo (Korean Teachers and Educational Workers Union) and Ahn Jong-bok, Vice-Chairman of the same branch have both been sentenced to one year's imprisonment for their non-violent trade union activities. AI is also concerned about reports that they have been ill-treated in detention.