Derechos Humanos / Human Rights

 Seoul, Nov. 11.─ North Korea has publicly executed 80 people across seven cities for watching South Korean television shows, according to inside sources.

An unidentified source "familiar" with North Korean internal affairs told the conservative South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo that the simultaneous executions took place on 3 November.

If confirmed, these are the first large-scale public executions under Kim Jong-un.

The report said the North Koreans were charged with relatively minor offences such as watching smuggled South Korean shows and pornography.

Dr. René López Benítez  

Miembros de la Sociedad Civil Independiente, Opositores al Gobierno, denunciaron en el curso del mes de agosto acciones de detenciones ejecutadas por la Seguridad del Estado y por otras fuerzas del Ministerio del Interior, con el fin de impedir la asistencia a eventos contestatarios pacíficos, a estas personas no se les instruyen de cargos,  ni son trasladados a las Unidades de la Policía Nacional Revolucionaria para que quede sustanciada la detención, la acción se concreta una vez impedidos de asistir a las convocatorias,  quedan abandonados  en lugares distantes de la capital, sin acceso a medios de transporte que les permita en un tiempo prudencial  el  regreso  a sus domicilios.

La Ley No. 5, Ley de Procedimiento Penal de 13 de agosto de 1977, establece según el Título IV “De la detención y aseguramiento del imputado” Capítulo I, “De la detención” del  artículos 241 al 244, ambos inclusive y Capítulo II, “Del aseguramiento del acusado”, del artículo 245 al 60, ambos inclusive, las formalidades para ejecutar una detención, las que en ningún caso de avienen a lo que operan contra los disidentes al oficialismo.

Repression has been going on continuosly against Tibetans, resulting in an ongoing bout of self-immolations as non-violent acts of protest, totalling 120 since March 2011. The latest ones began this year on April 24, when two monks of the Taktsant Lhamo Kirti monatery set themselves on fire in the assembly hall. Another one followed on May 27, and three more in June 11, July 20 and August 6 in different parts of Tibet. Before the violence reported in October 7 (below) the Chinese authorities had blocked communications on July 6 in Tawu (easteern Tibet) to suppress information when police forces opened fire on unarmed Tibetans peacefully celebrating the Dalai Lama's 78th birthday. Two Tibetans were shot in the head and eigth others were injured. Late in September a Respected Tibetan monk was killed in Chengdu, another Chinese city << click here to read the report

Dharamshala, Oct. 7.─ Several Tibetans have been severely injured after Chinese armed forces opened fire and used tear gas to disperse Tibetans gathered at local government office yesterday to appeal for the release of Tibetan man in Driru, eastern Tibet, said Ngawang Tharpa, a Tibetan living in exile with close contacts in the region.

Geneva, Sept.17.─ Inmates in North Korea's prison camps suffered starvation and torture and described "unspeakable atrocities" comparable with Nazi abuses uncovered after the Second World War, U.N. investigators said on Tuesday.

Evidence in their report, swiftly rejected by Pyongyang, showed a disturbing pattern of human rights violations, said Michael Kirby, who chairs the independent inquiry.