Friday, October 26, 2012

Satellite images show gulags still operational in North Korea

Satellite images suggest that contrary to reports that Pyongyang had shut down its largest labour prison in June, Camp 22 is still serving as a penal gulag for thousands of inmates.

By Julian Ryall in Tokyo

From The telegraph: media reports in South Korea had suggested that the camp, officially known as Penal Labour Colony 22, had been abandoned and the inmates dispersed to other prisons.  Imagery collected by the Washington-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea as recently as October 11 indicates the camp continues to function, it said in a report. Read more:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9632345/Satellite-images-show-gulags-still-operational-in-North-Korea.html

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