Tag Archives: International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for the North Korean Refugees and Human Rights

Joint Assembly of International Lawmakers, NGOs

July 15, 2005   China, LFNKR, North Korean Refugees

More Crackdowns in China

The Chinese government continues to intensify its crackdown on North Korean refugees, with an eye to eliminating them before the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Meanwhile, the South Korean government, the first you would expect to protect North Korean refugees, appears increasingly reluctant to accept them.

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Lawyers Look Into China’s Illegal Jailing of Japanese Citizen

April 8, 2004   China, LFNKR, North Korean Refugees

Human Rights Protection Committee Receives LFNKR Statement

On 2 April 2004, our group, Life Funds for North Korean Refugees (LFNKR), submitted to the Human Rights Protection Committee of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations a statement urgently calling for the rescue of victims of human rights violations.

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Japanese Lawmaker Versus China

March 28, 2004   China, North Korean Refugees, Public Awareness

Rep. Nakagawa calls for release of Noguchi, NK refugees, aid workers still in prison

Japanese lawmaker Masaharu Nakagawa, member of Japan’s House of Representatives and co-founder of International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for the North Korean Refugees and Human Rights (IPCNKR), was in China March 22-25 to survey the human rights situation there, including conditions where Takayuki Noguchi, a member of this Japanese NGO, has been held in Nanning Prison since Dec. 10 last year.

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