Report says North Korean leader and other officials committed crimes with camps for political prisoners, citing evidence of systematic murder and tortureNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other officials should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity committed in the authoritarian nationīs camps for political prisoners, three renowned international jurists said Tuesday.The juristsī report is based on testimony from defectors and experts on the camps, believed to hold between 80,000 and 130,000 inmates. It cites evidence of systematic murder, including infanticide, and torture, persecution of Christians, rape, forced abortions, starvation and overwork leading to `countless deaths`. Related: Torture, executions, rapes: the UN`s dossier on North Korea`s state abuses Related: North Korean prison abuse sketches - in pictures Continue reading...
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