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  Joint Letter to UN on Abduction Issue  

  

  2018 NED DEMOCRACY AWARD  Good morning. The day-to-day weather fluctuates tremendously these days.I hope everyone is safe and doing well.  The Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights received the De...

  

  Joint Letter to Kim Jong-Un JUNE 6, 2018 8:47PM EDTJoint Letter to Kim Jong-UnJune 6, 2018 Kim Jong UnChairman, State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of KoreaBuilding of the Central Committee of ...

  

  Visit to Japan: Case Preparation for Submission to the UN WGEID NKHR officers visited Japan from April 22 to 25 to interview family members whose relatives had immigrated to North Korea and become victims of enforced disappearance enacted by the North Kore...

  

  2017 End of the Year Party of NKHR    The end-of-the-year party of the Citizens Alliance(NKHR), which concluded the year 2017, was held at LW Convention, 3rd Floor, Brownstone, Seoul. We had not been able to host...

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  Arirang TV Interview  [Arirang TV, The Point : World Affairs] Ep.13 - Overseas perspectives on the 21st Inter-Korean Family Reunion

  Commemorating 2018 international day of victims of enforced disappearances  

  NKHR's 20th Anniversary! On May 4, 1996 few people gathered to establish the Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR), an NGO that started the world North Korean human rights movement. Thank you for your sup...

  Head of OHCHR sends message to NKHR's event in Geneva Head of OHCHR sends message to NKHR's event in Geneva.Korea's separated families. The stories of thousands of families awaiting reunification.   ​On March 15, 2016 the Citizens' Al...

  Give Hope, a Life of Freedom Thousands of North Koreans escape the country every year. They sneak across the Tumen and Yalu rivers to reach China. But if discovered in China, they face being sent back to North Korea and tortur...

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  90 North Korean Refugees Rescued in 2017  

  

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  • International Conference on Enforced Disappearances: Solidarity, Strategies, and Solutions
  • The 12th International Conference on North Korean Human Rights & Refugees
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  • 10th International Conference on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees
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  • [NKHR and Conectas Joint Stakeholder's Submission] Third Cycle of the UPR of DPRK
  • [Resolution] 72nd Session, UN General Assembly
  • The Life I Experienced in North Korea
  • North Korea’s Control over its People and the People’s Safety Agency
  • [Resolution] 31st Human Rights Council, North Korea

North Korea in the News

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  WSJ) Sex Abuse is Rampant in North Korea, Reports Say  

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  VOA) South Korea Proposes Reclassifying North Korean Abductees as Missing South Korea Proposes Reclassifying North Korean Abductees as MissingAugust 31, 2018 4:43 AMBrian Padden FILE - Members of the Korean Abductees to North Korea, the supporting group for those abducted by North Korea at the 1950-53 Korean War, participate at an anti-Koreas Summit candle rally i...

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  NK News) ROK lawmakers seek to change abduction laws to avoid “conflict” with North ROK lawmakers seek to change abduction laws to avoid “conflict” with NorthHuman rights organizations have raised concerns, filed opposition with UN officialsDagyum Ji and Hamish Macdonald August 29th, 2018 Lawmakers from South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party are seeking amendments...

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  NKHR Press Release) Proposed Amendments to South Korean Laws on abduction are violating international human rights standards  Proposed Amendments to South Korean Laws on abduction are violating international human rights standards South Korean and International NGOs call on the UN to take urgent notice PRESS RELEASE (Seoul, August 29, 2018) The UN Commission of Inquiry for DPRK (North Korea) and con...