1. Lebanon: Update on the cases of Zachary Baumel, Zvi Feldman and Yehuda Katz, three Israeli soldiers missing in Lebanon since June 1982. 2. Sudan: Amnesty ...
AI is concerned that executions may take place again in South Korea in the coming week. In recent years, several prisoners under sentence of death have been executed ...
AI is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Ahn Hak-sop and Kim Sun-myung, two prisoners held since the Korean War (1950-1953). They are serving ...
On 25 October 1993 Hwang Suk-yong was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment by Seoul District Criminal Court. He was sentenced under the National Security Law ...
Noh Tae-hun was released on 20 October at the end of his trial before Seoul District Criminal Court. He was given a one-year prison sentence, suspended for two ...
Hwang Suk-yong is currently on trial on charges under the National Security Law. If convicted he faces life imprisonment. He was arrested in April 1993 and is accused ...
Kim Sam-sok and Kim Un-ju, arrested on 8 September, were interrogated by the Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP) from 8 to 22 September. They are now being ...
1. USA: Death penalty should not be sought for teenagers, says Amnesty International. 2. South Korea: Torture and unfair trial of dozens of long- term political ...
Dozens of long-term political prisoners are serving prison terms of between seven years and life imprisonment on national security charges. Many appear to have ...