“Subversive. Threat to the position of the Great Leader”. These words were not used of dangerous criminals, but of Christians in North Korea who are not considered to be normal people, reports Open Doors.
“In North Korea, Christians are regarded as political criminals and in the prison camps they are treated as political prisoners,” according to the refugee Soon Ok Lee and author of the book Eyes of the Tailless Animals. Kang Chol Wan, a North Korean defector, was imprisoned in North Korea at the age of 10 because his grandfather was branded a political dissident, Often the North Korean government will try to purge three generations of a religious or political dissident’s family. He describes the conditions he experienced:
“At the camp I witnessed public executions, forced labour and other inhumane atrocities. New prisoners in the North Korean political prison camps are taught not to consider themselves as human beings. The prisoners cannot complain of beatings or even murders.
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