Gender: Male
Perpetrator: North Korea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Victim NP-0018
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Victim NP-0018 is detained for his religious activity.
In 2005, authorities detained NP-0018, a child at the time, along with his family members for their religious practice.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: North Korea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Victim NP-0009
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Victim NP-0009 is detained for his religious activity.
In 2007, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0009 after he was refouled from China, where he had attended a Christian church with at least 5 other North Koreans. Authorities interrogated and confined him at Kyongwon County MSS Office. Authorities scheduled him to be executed.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: North Korea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Victim NP-0420
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Victim NP-0420 is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2016, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0420 for engaging in religious activities. Authorities confined him to Ryanggang Provincial MSS Detention Center, where individuals are strip-searched, sexually humiliated, and denied food and medical care. NP-0420 practiced Christianity in his cell and was sentenced to a political prison camp.