Gender: Male
Perpetrator: North Korea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: Yes
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Victim NP-0085 is detained for his religious activity and association.
In 2014, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0085 after he was refouled from China, where he had attended a Christian church and associated with a pastor. Authorities confined him in Ryanggang Provincial MSS Holding Center, where individuals are strip-searched, sexually humiliated, and denied food and medical care.
Authorities tortured NP-0085 during interrogation, which was witnessed by another detainee.