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U.N. rights chief condemns North Korean arrest of U.S. war veteran
Source: Reuters
U.N. rights chief condemns North Korean arrest of U.S. war veteran
GENEVA Mon Dec 2, 2013 12:26pm EST
(Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay on Monday condemned North Korea's detention of an 85-year-old American and said she was checking a report of recent mass executions in the country.
Merrill Edward Newman, a veteran of the Korean War, was detained on October 26 at the end of a tourist visit to North Korea, which is still technically at war with the United States and South Korea.
Asked if North Korea, which is also known as Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), had acted legally by detaining somebody it regards as a prisoner of war, Pillay, a former U.N. war crimes judge, said she opposed its action.
"Like everyone else I'm extremely shocked that this octogenarian has been forcibly held back in DPRK and, having served as an ordinary soldier, now making an apology for the military acts of his country," she said at a news conference.
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GENEVA Mon Dec 2, 2013 12:26pm EST
(Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay on Monday condemned North Korea's detention of an 85-year-old American and said she was checking a report of recent mass executions in the country.
Merrill Edward Newman, a veteran of the Korean War, was detained on October 26 at the end of a tourist visit to North Korea, which is still technically at war with the United States and South Korea.
Asked if North Korea, which is also known as Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), had acted legally by detaining somebody it regards as a prisoner of war, Pillay, a former U.N. war crimes judge, said she opposed its action.
"Like everyone else I'm extremely shocked that this octogenarian has been forcibly held back in DPRK and, having served as an ordinary soldier, now making an apology for the military acts of his country," she said at a news conference.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/02/us-korea-north-pillay-idUSBRE9B10OP20131202
