Gender: Male
Perpetrator: North Korea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Victim NP-0074
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Victim NP-0074 is detained for his religious activity.
In 2015, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0074 after he was refouled from China, where he had attended a Christian church.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: North Korea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Victim NP-0059
Extra Bio Info:
Victim NP-0059 is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2000, Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0059 after he was refouled from China, where he had attended a Christian church. Authorities confined him in Ryanggang Provincial MSS Holding Center, where individuals are strip-searched, sexually humiliated, and denied food and medical care.
On an unknown date, authorities sentenced him to imprisonment.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: North Korea
Religion or Belief: Shaman
Reports of Torture: Yes
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Victim NP-0056
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Victim NP-0056 is detained for her religious activity.
In 2009, Korean People's Army officers arrested NP-0056 for her shamanistic acts.
During detention, authorities subjected her to prolonged restraint.