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Starving North Koreans executed for stealing food
Washington Times ^
| Wednesday, January 21, 2004
| By Ramola Talwar Badam
Posted on 01/20/2004 10:19:43 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:12:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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BOMBAY -- Starving North Koreans have been publicly executed for stealing food and have died of malnutrition in labor camps, Amnesty International said in a report released yesterday.
The human rights group urged the North Korean government to "ensure that food shortages are not used as a tool to persecute perceived political opponents."
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amnestyinternational; communists; execution; hunger; northkorea; starvation
To: JohnHuang2
One more nail for Kims coffin...........tick ....tick....tick
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posted on
01/20/2004 10:21:34 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Cache for a rainy day !)
To: JohnHuang2
The report accuses the North Korean government of distributing food unfairly, favoring those who are economically active and politically loyal.
North Korea stinks, but still, one has to wonder about the 'unfairness' of distributing food to the 'economically active.'
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posted on
01/20/2004 10:24:20 PM PST
by
kingu
(Remember: Politicians and members of the press are going to read what you write today.)
To: JohnHuang2
Starving North Koreans executed for stealing foodHmmm, wasn't communism supposed to end stuff like people forced to steal food? 'Cept I don't remember people getting executed for stealing food under capitalism.
Maybe they make up for it in North Korea with all that free health care and universal literacy.
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posted on
01/20/2004 10:33:48 PM PST
by
Map Kernow
("I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing" ---Thomas Jefferson)
To: kingu
The only way you are 'economically active' in North Korea is if you agree with the goverment of Little K 110%.
It has nothing to do with how much you help the economy, it has everything to do with how much you worship Little K.
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posted on
01/20/2004 10:34:59 PM PST
by
DMCA
(TITLE 17 Chapter 1 Sec 107)
To: JohnHuang2
"Kim spoke of meals being taken away as punishment if detainees were caught speaking to each other."Yea, that'll nip the chatter in the butt.
Attn! Anyone talking between cages will have their daily ration of tree bark cut to nothing!
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posted on
01/20/2004 10:39:56 PM PST
by
spunkets
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