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A report by Transitional Justice Working Group, a Seoul-based non-government group, has said that North Korea carries out public executions on river banks and at school grounds and marketplaces for charges such as stealing, distributing media from South Korea and prostitution.
The report said extra-judicial decisions for public executions are frequently influenced by “bad” family background or a government campaign to discourage certain behaviour.
The group said its report was based on interviews with 375 North Korean defectors from the isolated state over a period of two years.
The TJWG is made up of human rights activists and researchers and is led by Lee Young-hwan, who has worked as an advocate for human rights in North Korea.
It receives most of its funding from the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy, which in turn is funded by the U.S. Congress.
The report said extra-judicial decisions for public executions are frequently influenced by “bad” family background or a government campaign to discourage certain behaviour.
The group said its report was based on interviews with 375 North Korean defectors from the isolated state over a period of two years.
The TJWG is made up of human rights activists and researchers and is led by Lee Young-hwan, who has worked as an advocate for human rights in North Korea.
It receives most of its funding from the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy, which in turn is funded by the U.S. Congress.
