North Korea Commits Crimes Against Humanity
Harking back to Reagan’s speech and the idea of a moral imperative, a group has brought the disgusting atrocities committed by the North Koreans to the UN for review (and hopefully action). The report describes:
Pyongyang’s brutal treatment of its citizens, from the beatings of pregnant women to force miscarriages to the abduction, torture and execution of political prisoners.
“It is clear that (North Korean leader) Kim Jong-il and the North Korean government are actively committing crimes against humanity,” they said in a letter introducing the report, which was prepared by the nonprofit, independent U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and by the DLA Piper law firm. The report, largely based on previously published material, estimates that North Korea imprisons “upwards of 200,000 people in its modern-day gulag” and that double that number have died in the its prison network over 30 years. It describes prisoners being fed near-starvation diets that they supplement with insects, being beaten until their eyeballs pop out and being entombed in “sweatbox” solitary cells so small they are forced to crouch for months.
What type of regime commits or allows acts like these? How can the World turn a blind eye toward the sufferings of others? Is it not the righteous thing to actively overthrow such an evil government?
The current North Korean government and policies add no value to this planet. Many expect the wimps at the UN to turn away from the moral imperative here like they have done in other parts of the world. Yeah, let’s all six-party talk. What a pathetic joke.
