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• Regional: Asia: Society and Culture: Issues: Human Rights and Liberties  (9)

Amnesty International - Korea (The Democratic People's Republic of) - - Ongoing collection of news and reports on the status of human rights. [Arabic, English, French, Spanish.

The Chosun Journal - - Information on human rights abuses in North Korea. Includes interviews, refugee testimonies, and links to news and other Web resources.

Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights-NKHR - - South Korea-based group presents news, reports and witness accounts relating to human rights in North Korea.

Eighth Day North Korea - - Suggests ideas for publicizing human rights issues in North Korea.

Free North Korea! - - Promotes nonviolent action for human rights in North Korea and safe haven for North Korean refugees. News and commentary.

Human Rights Watch: Democratic People's Republic of Korea - - Briefing papers, reports and press releases concerning human rights issues in North Korea.

Human Rights Without Frontiers: North Korea - Human Rights Abuses - - Information about human rights abuses, prison camps, and refugees. Includes news, press releases, and reports from Belgium-based human rights organization.

Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library: Human Rights in North Korea - - Reprints a report originally published by the International Human Rights League of Korea.

NKGulag - - Democracy Network against North Korea Gulag was founded by North Korean defectors to provide information on political prisoners and human rights. Has news and message boards. In English and Korean.

North Korea Freedom Coalition - - Coalition of organizations concerned with human rights in North Korea. Includes information about the organization, the issues, legislation, events and Web resources.

Rescue the North Korean People Urgent Action Network-RENK - - News, reports and personal accounts concerning human rights issues in the DPRK. English, Japanese and Korean.

Seoul Train - - Film documenting the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China. Describes the refugee crisis and has information on the film, including DVD purchase page.

THINK - Their Home Isn't North Korea - - A non-profit organization based in Tokyo that provides information on the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea. Has current news, media archives and background information on the abductions.

U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea - HRNK - - Non-governmental organization that focuses on human rights issues in North Korea. Includes the group's report "The Hidden Gulag: Exposing North Korea's Prison Camps..

US State Department - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: 2004 - - 2004 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

North Koreans Escape - For a Price - - Documents how North Koreans escaping their country's oppression and starvation often face violence, extortion, and high costs from brokers who get them to South Korea. (April 28, 2005)

Guardian Unlimited: Revealed: The Gas Chamber Horror of North Korea's Gulag - - Reports from defectors about chemical warfare experiments on prisoners at Camp 22 near Haengyong. (February 1, 2004)