UN interviewed more than 330 people, mostly women, who left the country, with some subject to sexual violence and beatingsNorth Korean prisoners who tried to escape or steal have reportedly been publicly executed, and detainees have been subject to sexual violence and severely beaten with clubs and metal rods, according to a United Nations report.Guards make detainees undress and repeatedly subject them to body searches for money and concealed items, the report by secretary-general António Guterres says. They are interrogated, sometimes for up to a month or longer, and their cells are so overcrowded they can´t lie down, it says. Related: Hundreds of North Korean execution sites identified, says rights group Related: US checking reports North Korea executed envoy, says Pompeo Related: North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles, South says Continue reading...
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