A particularly harsh punishment..."After being forced to return to North Korea, he goes to prison without exception." [This is news]

It has been claimed that among North Korean defectors who were forcibly repatriated from China last year, those who contacted Christianity were sent to political prison camps.

Was it persecuted and forgotten recently published by the International Aid to the Suffering Church (ACN), an international aid organization under the Vatican.` "Among North Korean defectors repatriated from China in 2023, those found to have interacted with Christians were sent to political prison camps," the report said.

"North Korea's national security interrogates North Korean defectors based on a report provided by the Chinese police," he said. "If the report contains religion-related information, no matter what the North Korean defectors explain, they will be sent to the camp without exception."

The U.S. Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on the 28th that "ordinary North Korean defectors who were forcibly repatriated were given relatively light punishment, but those who came into contact with Christians entered political prison camps and received life sentences without parole."

This report describes cases of religious repression in 18 countries, including North Korea, from 2022 to this year.According to the

report, it is difficult to accurately identify Christians in North Korea due to severe religious persecution, but it is estimated that there are about 98,000, which is about 0.38% of the total population in North Korea.

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