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E260
Aug 27, 2020
May 30, 2022
Perpetrator
No
North Korean
Female
  • Abduction in Foreign Territory
  • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
  • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
  • Ministry of State Security
  • Other Chinese organisation
40-49

The perpetrator (E260) is a female in her 40s in 2015. The perpetrator is a North Korean civilian. The perpetrator assisted the abduction of E437 in Shenyang and speaks fluent Mandarin. During the abduction of E437, the perpetrator informed MSS officials stationed in Sinpa County MSS detention centre of the location of the victim by phone.

  • E437
Yes
E444
Aug 27, 2020
May 30, 2022
Perpetrator
No
North Korean
Male
  • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
  • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
  • Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • Ministry of State Security
60-69

The perpetrator (E444) is a male in his 60s and is 170cm in height. The perpetrator interrogated E435 in North Pyongan Provincial MSS detention centre and physically assaulted E435 by striking her in the face and verbally abusing her. Certain information is withheld for the safety of the victim’s family.

  • E435
E593
Oct 1, 2021
Oct 25, 2021
Perpetrator
No
North Korean
Male
  • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
  • Ministry of State Security
Junior Lieutenant (Sowi)
40-49
    E633
    Oct 1, 2021
    Oct 25, 2021
    Perpetrator
    No
    North Korean
    Male
    • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
    • Ministry of State Security
    Other
    Withheld
    • E631
    • E632
    E625
    Oct 1, 2021
    Oct 27, 2021
    Perpetrator
    No
    North Korean
    Male
    • Unknown
    • Ministry of People's Security
    Captain (Taewi)
    Withheld
      E656
      Oct 4, 2021
      Oct 25, 2021
      Perpetrator
      No
      North Korean
      Withheld
      • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
      • Prosecutor's Office
      Other
      Withheld
      • E654
      E657
      Oct 4, 2021
      Oct 25, 2021
      Perpetrator
      No
      North Korean
      Withheld
      • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
      • Prosecutor's Office
      Other
      Withheld
      • E654
      E658
      Oct 4, 2021
      Oct 25, 2021
      Perpetrator
      No
      North Korean
      Withheld
      • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
      • Ministry of People's Security
      Other
      Withheld
      • E654
      E663
      Oct 4, 2021
      Oct 4, 2021
      Perpetrator
      No
      North Korean
      Withheld
      • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
      • Ministry of State Security
      Colonel (Sangjwa)
      Withheld
      • E660
      Ryanggang Provincial MSS Detention Centre: 41° 23′ 41″ N, 128° 11′ 5″ E
      E664
      Oct 4, 2021
      Oct 4, 2021
      Perpetrator
      No
      North Korean
      Withheld
      • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
      • Ministry of State Security
      Lieutenant (Jungwi)
      Withheld
      • E660
      Ryanggang Provincial MSS Detention Centre: 41° 23′ 41″ N, 128° 11′ 5″ E
      E684
      Oct 4, 2021
      Oct 27, 2021
      Perpetrator
      No
      North Korean
      Male
      • Unknown
      • Ministry of State Security
      Lieutenant (Jungwi)
      Withheld
        Musan County MSS Detention Centre: 42° 13′ 52″ N, 129° 12′ 52″ E
        E882
        Oct 4, 2021
        Oct 27, 2021
        Perpetrator
        No
        North Korean
        Male
        • Unknown
        • Ministry of State Security
        Other
        Withheld
          E655
          Oct 8, 2021
          Oct 8, 2021
          Perpetrator
          No
          North Korean
          Male
          • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
          • Ministry of State Security
          30-39

          E655 is an MSS Guidance officer attached to Samjiyon County.

          • E654
          E896
          Oct 18, 2021
          Oct 18, 2021
          Perpetrator
          No
          North Korean
          Male
          • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
          • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
          • Ministry of People's Security
          Captain (Taewi)
          50-59
          • E824
          E231
          Aug 30, 2020
          May 30, 2022
          Perpetrator
          No
          North Korean
          Male
          • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
          • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
          • Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
          • Ministry of State Security
          Other
          Unknown

          The perpetrator (E231) is a male. The perpetrator was a Section Chief in the MSS Counterespionage Bureau at Hoeryong City MSS detention centre in 2003. The perpetrator tortured E441 in a steel cage. Certain information is withheld for the victim’s safety.

          • E441
          Hoeryong City MSS Detention Centre: 42° 26′ 16″ N, 129° 45′ 19″ E
          E122
          Aug 30, 2020
          Aug 11, 2021
          Perpetrator
          No
          North Korean
          Male
          • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
          • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
          • Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
          • Withheld
          • Ministry of State Security
          Junior Lieutenant (Sowi)
          20-29

          The perpetrator (E122) is a male aged in his 20s in 2018 and 168cm in height. The perpetrator was an MSS Junior Lieutenant stationed at North Pyongan Provincial MSS holding centre. Certain information is withheld for the safety of the victim’s family.

            North Pyongan Provincial MSS Holding Centre: 40° 4′ 41″ N, 124° 26′ 25″ E
            E60
            Aug 31, 2020
            Aug 11, 2021
            Perpetrator
            No
            North Korean
            Male
            • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
            • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
            • Refoulement
            • Ministry of State Security
            Unknown

            The perpetrator (E60) was an MSS official at Onsong County MSS pre-trial detention centre. The perpetrator oversaw the interrogation of E353 in 2018 relating to their religious associations in China.

            • E353
            Onsong County MSS Detention Centre: 42° 57′ 34″ N, 129° 59′ 16″ E
            E73
            Aug 31, 2020
            Oct 25, 2021
            Perpetrator
            No
            North Korean
            Male
            • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
            • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
            • Korean People's Army
            Unknown

            The perpetrator (E73) is a male. The perpetrator was an MSS official assigned to a KPA unit in Ryanggang province and later to a named position in Wonsan, Kangwon province. The perpetrator arrested 37 religious adherents.

              E75
              Aug 31, 2020
              May 30, 2022
              Perpetrator
              No
              North Korean
              Male
              • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
              • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
              • Ministry of State Security
              Major (Sojwa)
              30-39

              The perpetrator (E75) is a male aged in his 30s in 2015. The perpetrator is an MSS official with the rank of Major. The perpetrator conducted interrogations of suspected Christians at Chongjin City MSS detention centre in 2015.

                Chongjin City MSS Detention Centre: 41° 47′ 57″ N, 129° 46′ 34″ E
                E544
                Sep 30, 2021
                Sep 30, 2021
                Perpetrator
                No
                North Korean
                Withheld
                • Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
                • Ministry of State Security
                Withheld
                  Ryanggang Provincial MSS Holding Centre: 41° 24′ 14″ N, 128° 10′ 52″ E
                  E545
                  Sep 30, 2021
                  Sep 30, 2021
                  Perpetrator
                  No
                  North Korean
                  Withheld
                  • Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
                  • Ministry of State Security
                  Withheld
                    Ryanggang Provincial MSS Holding Centre: 41° 24′ 14″ N, 128° 10′ 52″ E
                    E833
                    Oct 4, 2021
                    Oct 18, 2021
                    Perpetrator
                    No
                    North Korean
                    Male
                    • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
                    • Denial of Fair Trial
                    • Ministry of State Security
                    Other
                    Withheld
                    • E831
                    Hyesan City MSS Detention Centre: 41° 24′ 14″ N, 128° 10′ 52″ E
                    E63
                    Aug 31, 2020
                    Aug 11, 2021
                    Perpetrator
                    No
                    North Korean
                    Male
                    • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
                    • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
                    • Ministry of State Security
                    Colonel (Sangjwa)
                    Unknown

                    Certain details are withheld.

                      E78
                      Sep 1, 2020
                      Aug 11, 2021
                      Perpetrator
                      No
                      North Korean
                      Male
                      • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
                      • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
                      • Refoulement
                      • Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
                      • Ministry of State Security
                      Unknown

                      The perpetrator (E78) was a male and a Section Chief assigned to Musan County MSS Counterespionage Bureau. The perpetrator conducted the interrogations of E76 and E77.

                      • E76
                      • E77
                      Musan County MSS Detention Centre: 42° 13′ 52″ N, 129° 12′ 52″ E
                      E71
                      Aug 31, 2020
                      May 30, 2022
                      Perpetrator
                      No
                      North Korean
                      Male
                      • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
                      • Denial of Fair Trial
                      • Denial of Freedom of Religion or Belief
                      • Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
                      • Ministry of People's Security
                      Unknown

                      The perpetrator (E71) is a male MPS Deputy Branch Director in Hyesan City in 2019. The perpetrator conducted the resident exposure meeting in Hyesan Square of E65, E66, E67, E68, E69, and E70 and announced their charges. Details are withheld for the victim’s safety.

                      • E65
                      • E66
                      • E67
                      • E68
                      • E69
                      • E70
                      E503
                      Sep 30, 2021
                      Oct 27, 2021
                      Perpetrator
                      No
                      North Korean
                      Male
                      • Unknown
                      • Ministry of State Security
                      30-39
                        E509
                        Sep 30, 2021
                        Sep 30, 2021
                        Perpetrator
                        No
                        North Korean
                        Male
                        • Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
                        • Ministry of People's Security
                        Major (Sojwa)
                        Withheld
                        • E507
                        Sinuiju City MPS Office: 40° 6′ 7″ N, 124° 23′ 40″ E
                        E551
                        Sep 30, 2021
                        Oct 25, 2021
                        Perpetrator
                        No
                        North Korean
                        Withheld
                        • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
                        • Ministry of People's Security
                        Withheld
                          E568
                          Sep 30, 2021
                          Oct 27, 2021
                          Perpetrator
                          No
                          North Korean
                          Female
                          • Unknown
                            Withheld
                              E613
                              Oct 1, 2021
                              Oct 25, 2021
                              Perpetrator
                              No
                              North Korean
                              Male
                              • Forced Labour
                              • Ministry of People's Security
                              Captain (Taewi)
                              Withheld

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