Human Rights in the World
NORTH KOREA: Cracking down on wedding dresses, sunglasses and slang, a report reveals BBC (28.06.2024) – North Korea is carrying out a widespread crackdown on everything from wedding dresses to slang as it seeks to counter the South’s influence, a new...
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NORTH KOREA: Man executed for listening to K-pop, defectors report The 2024 report on North Korean human rights released by South Korea’s unification ministry details an ongoing crackdown on cultural imports By Raphael Rashid The Guardian (28.06.2024) – A...
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BELGIUM: Sex workers can now have regular job contracts See Euronews Video here By Dimitri Korczak Euronews (21.06.2024) – The new rules allow them to sign job contracts with approved employers. It’s an unprecedented effort to regulate the sector, but not...
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RUSSIA: Ukrainian children deported to Russia listed on adoption websites Euromaidan (13.06.2024) – In March last year, the International Criminal Court issued warrants for the arrest of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Children’s Commissioner Maria...
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EU:Beware of the infiltration of pro-Putin journalists in the Brussels-EU Bubble By Willy Fautré The European Times (14.06.2024) – Researchers of the Brussels-based NGO Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) have just discovered an infiltration attempt by a pro-Putin...
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CHINA: South Korean rights groups decry recent forced repatriations of North Koreans who fled to China as “barbaric act” Christian Daily (07.06.2024) – The “National Alliance against Forced Repatriation of North Korean Defectors,” in...