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March 16, 2005
North Korea Publicly Executes Eleven in Hoeryong
Daily NK, a news site run by North Korean defectors, has posted a story and images captured from a video that, according to a Japanese TV network, shows political prisoners being brought before a firing squad. The video was taken in Hoeryong, which is emerging as a focal point of resistance. The pictures are very blurry and the usual cautions about authenticity apply, but Daily NK quotes defectors as confirming the location and suggesting that the tape is authentic. The video allegedly shows the "trials," judgement, and of course, execution. The entire town was ordered to go to the scene and watch--including the children.
Usually in North Korea, when public executions take place, the criminals are tied to a pillar and executors stand 10-15 m in front of him for a total of nine rounds of gun shot, three shots each to head, chest, and abdomen. When the criminal is shot, the rope breaks and the dead body falls forward. All of such scenes are contained in this video. Currently, North Korea is known to be the only country where public executions take place, with the public informed (and attends to), including children. Until now, North Korea has bluntly denied such public executions of shooting takes places in the country, which the accusations made by the international human rights organizations who reported and condemned of it.

Posted by OneFreeKorea at March 16, 2005 09:08 PM | TrackBack
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