Documenting executions in North Korea: difficult and distressing, but indispensable.

Systematically documenting human rights violations in isolated North Korea is an immense challenge, but an indispensable foundation for future justice. Using satellite imagery and eyewitness accounts, the human rights organization Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) documents state-sanctioned executions under the rule of Kim Jong-un. Its latest report reveals an alarming trend: since the COVID-19 pandemic, the regime has further intensified its brutal control of information and is increasingly imposing the death penalty even for consuming South Korean media.

Author: Ethan Hee-Seok Shin, Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG)

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