North Korea: Citizens arrested and executed for watching foreign films as authorities wiretap communication and block defections Published at 12.09.2023 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
North Korea: New restrictive law on language issued while regime punishes access to foreign media, international calls Published at 17.05.2023 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth surveillance restrictive law censorship Read more
North Korean authorities have used the pandemic to increase border security and further repress citizens Published at 08.12.2022 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance Read more
North Korea cracks down on anti-socialist behaviour, detains critics of its COVID-19 policies Published at 12.07.2022 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
North Korean citizens punished severely for using mobile phones and watching foreign films Published at 07.03.2022 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
Increasing crackdown on ‘anti-socialist behaviour’ in North Korea as new political prison camp built Published at 07.10.2021 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance restrictive law Read more
Expansion of prison camps in North Korea as people suffer from COVID-19 restrictions Published at 25.05.2021 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship torture/ill-treatment labour rights Read more
Serious abuses in North Korean camps documented by NGOs while radio broadcasts jammed Published at 18.01.2021 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment labour rights censorship Read more
UN condemns North Korea for denial of freedoms through ‘absolute monopoly on information’ Published at 21.09.2020 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance harassment censorship women torture/ill-treatment Read more
North Korea intensifies surveillance of its citizens to prevent defections amid the pandemic Published at 18.05.2020 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
North Korea develops new systems to increase surveillance and block outside information Published at 23.01.2020 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance Read more
Sustained repression in North Korea with crackdown on international calls and foreign media content Published at 28.08.2019 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance Read more
