E269
Victim- Religious or belief association
- Christianity
- Gender
- Male
- Age range
- 50-59
- Reason for deprivation of liberty
- Attending a place of worship
- Religious activities in China
- Religious practice
- Violations experienced
- Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
- Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Forms of torture experienced
- Deprivation of medical assistance
- Length of detention
- 1-2 years
- Status
- Death in custody
- Brief summary
The victim (E269) was a named male in his 50s in 2011. The victim was imprisoned at Kaechon re-education camp No.1. The victim had attended church in China and assisted North Koreans passage to that church. The victim contracted tuberculosis in Kaechon re-education camp No.1 due to poor sanitary measures, including open sewerage, and was transferred to a re-education camp in Chonnae County, Kangwon Province, that is reserved for prisoners who have contracted tuberculosis. The victim died from tuberculosis in the re-education camp in 2012. Certain information is withheld for the safety of the victim’s family.
- Identity of perpetrating organisations
- Location of Violation
- Year of violation 1
- 2010
- Family arrested?
- No
- Witness URN
- W56
- Geolocation of violations
Latitude: 39.70834
Longitude: 125.924081
- Geolocation of violations (linked Victim)
- Kaechon Re-education Camp (No.1)
- Document URN
- D93
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