A new Human Rights Watch video features rare interviews with former political prisoners who survived years of systematic abuse, torture, and starvation in the country’s notorious prisoner camps. A UN report detailing the regime’s atrocities also included a letter to Kim Jong-un saying he could face trial for “crimes against humanity.”
International advocacy group, Human Rights Watch, released a video, "North Korea: Tales of Camp Survivors," featuring rare first-person accounts of survivors and former guards in the regime's notorious political prison camps.
The video released on Monday, Feb. 17, coincides with the release of a new United Nations report which found that North Korea is responsible for crimes against humanity and called for an international tribunal to investigate and hold perpetrators accountable for the atrocities committed within the regime's prison camps.
The Kwan-li-so is North Korea's prison system which holds political prisoners in remote areas of the country.
They are contained within extremely secluded settlements that have no contact with the outside world.
In the video, Phil Robertson, Asia Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, said that the North Korean government not only denies the existence of the kwan-li-so but also denies that human rights abuses are taking place in the country.
