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North Korea: Regime continues to use harsh measures to block communication and foreign content
- Published at
- 30.01.2024
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
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North Korea: Citizens arrested and executed for watching foreign films as authorities wiretap communication and block defections
- Published at
- 12.09.2023
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
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North Korea: New restrictive law on language issued while regime punishes access to foreign media, international calls
- Published at
- 17.05.2023
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- youth
- surveillance
- restrictive law
- censorship
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North Korean authorities have used the pandemic to increase border security and further repress citizens
- Published at
- 08.12.2022
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- surveillance
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North Korea cracks down on anti-socialist behaviour, detains critics of its COVID-19 policies
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- 12.07.2022
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
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North Korean citizens punished severely for using mobile phones and watching foreign films
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- 07.03.2022
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
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Increasing crackdown on ‘anti-socialist behaviour’ in North Korea as new political prison camp built
- Published at
- 07.10.2021
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- surveillance
- restrictive law
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Expansion of prison camps in North Korea as people suffer from COVID-19 restrictions
- Published at
- 25.05.2021
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
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Serious abuses in North Korean camps documented by NGOs while radio broadcasts jammed
- Published at
- 18.01.2021
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
- censorship
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UN condemns North Korea for denial of freedoms through ‘absolute monopoly on information’
- Published at
- 21.09.2020
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- surveillance
- harassment
- censorship
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
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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