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Acts of Betrayal: The challenge of protecting North Koreans in China
www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication
/detail/5631/
Refugees International's 60-page report that describes the harrowing circumstances under which North Koreans must live when they flee to China. The report calls on the governments of the U.S., China and South Korea to take stronger action to protect North Korean refugees in China.
The Hidden Gulag: Exposing North Korea's prison camps
www.hrnk.org/hiddengulag/toc.html
Pdf report from David Hawk at the 'U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea', that exposes the dreadful conditions in NK prison camps, using prisoner's testimonies and satellite photographs.
Hunger and Human Rights: The politics of famine
www.hrnk.org/hunger/toc.html
Downloadable report from the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea that offers an excellent account of the origins of the famine, which has claimed over a million lives. It also looks at the role of humanitarian aid in North Korea.
The Invisible Exodus: North Koreans in the People's Republic of China
www.hrw.org/reports/2002/northkorea/
index.htm#TopOfPage
Written in November 2002 by the Human Rights Watch, this pdf report looks at the current refugee crisis, human rights abuses, sexual slavery and trafficking in women, the arrest and detention of humanitarian aid workers and the labour camps of North Korea. Offers an excellent understanding and is available in a wide range of languages.
Starved of Rights: Human Rights and the Food Crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
www.amnestyusa.org/countries/north_korea/
document.do?id=3A85FB1357C97BA080256E1B00478D0B
In-depth report from Amnesty International, written in 2004, on the starvation of the population and the brutal regime of North Korea.