United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL7875
North Korea: Refugees
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15 May 2018
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30 May 2018 · Answer
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Asylum
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30 May 2018
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the announcement by the Supreme Court of North Korea that North Korean escapees campaigning for human rights and democracy outside North Korea face the death penalty.
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15 May 2018
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the announcement by the Supreme Court of North Korea that North Korean escapees campaigning for human rights and democracy outside North Korea face the death penalty.
Source: Lords
30 May 2018
Answer
We are aware of the DPRK practice of handing out death sentences to people in absentia if they are deemed to be involved in activities from outside the DPRK which "undermine or insult the dignity of the regime." The British Government continues ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-05-15/HL7875
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/905284
- uk · wq-905284 · source updated 30 May 2018