[Briefing]30th NKDB Monthly Briefing and Discussion of North Korean Human Rights

31 May 2016
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The 30th session of NKDB’s Monthly Briefing and Discussion on North Korean Human Rights took place on May 31st, 2016.  The event was kindly hosted by the Australian Embassy. For this month’s briefing, NKDB prepared a presentation on the Human Rights Conditions in General Prisons in North Korea. The presentation was based on NKDB's publications on 6 prisons in North Korea (Kaechon No1, Kangdong No.4, Hamheung No.9, Cheungsan No.11, Jeongeori No. 12, Oro No.22). Representative of foreign missions in Seoul took part in the briefing, including the EU delegation, UNOHCHR, the Australian embassy, the embassy of Nigeria, Wall Street Journal, the German embassy, UNHCR, the embassy of the Switzerland and the Finnish Embassy.