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| − | In North Korea, several million people have died of starvation since the mid-1990s. Aid groups and human rights-related NGOs have often stated that North Korea has systematically and deliberately prevented food aid from reaching the areas most devastated by food shortages. Perhaps as many as one million people have died in North Korea's political prison camps alone, where dissidents and their families, including children, are detained for perceived political offences. Additionally, there have been testimonials from survivors and former guards of alleged concentration camps. | + | In North Korea, several million people have died of starvation since the mid-1990s. Aid groups and [[Human Rights|human rights]]-related NGOs have often stated that North Korea has systematically and deliberately prevented food aid from reaching the areas most devastated by food shortages. Perhaps as many as one million people have died in North Korea's political prison camps alone, where dissidents and their families, including children, are detained for perceived political offences. Additionally, there have been testimonials from survivors and former guards of alleged concentration camps. |
[[Category:Acts of Genocide since World War II]] | [[Category:Acts of Genocide since World War II]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:51, 1 April 2014
mid 1990s - present[edit]
In North Korea, several million people have died of starvation since the mid-1990s. Aid groups and human rights-related NGOs have often stated that North Korea has systematically and deliberately prevented food aid from reaching the areas most devastated by food shortages. Perhaps as many as one million people have died in North Korea's political prison camps alone, where dissidents and their families, including children, are detained for perceived political offences. Additionally, there have been testimonials from survivors and former guards of alleged concentration camps.
