These Woman (Laura Ling & Euna Lee) are Innocent & Should be Released & N. Korea: Robert Gibbs

Run time: 02:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrI-nMsRAUE   Posted on YouTube: June 08, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 08, 2009 By DU Member: SLSmith Views on DU: 785

 
June 8, 2009

What if one of these women knows about a ticking bomb? or an impending attack on North Korea?

Why, they should be held indefinitely, and tortured until they confess to being spies intent on destroying the North Korean motherland.

They certainly dont get to have any 'rights'. They are in North Korea, and they are not North Korean, therefore they get no rights.

The people of North Korea should be fearful, and willing to do what is necessary to keep their country safe.

Sounds about right huh?

I have not read nor heard any good sound reason for these women being in North Korea.

do as the u.s.a. says because we set such a good example

Doesn't seem very clear what happened but it has certainly proved to be a major distraction for this administration - which is disappointing.

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/eap/119043.htm

It's a human rights report on NK. Here are a few cuts from it:

"The government continued its attempt to limit foreign influences on its citizens. Listening to foreign radio and watching foreign films is illegal; however, numerous NGOs reported that Chinese and South Korean DVDs continued to be smuggled into the country. The government intensified its focus on preventing the smuggling of imports of South Korean popular culture, especially television dramas. According to a media report, in an attempt to enforce the restriction on foreign films, police routinely cut electricity to apartment blocks and then raided every apartment to see what types of DVDs were stuck in the players. In January, an NGO reported that three citizens received death sentences for involvement in handling movies smuggled from China and South Korea. The NGO also reported that the government in August began a crackdown on illegal media in Hyesan City, Ryanggang Province and that those caught watching South Korean movies were sentenced to reeducation."

"The penal code prohibits torture or inhumane treatment; however, many sources continued to confirm their practice. Methods of torture and other abuse reportedly included severe beatings; electric shock; prolonged periods of exposure to the elements; humiliations such as public nakedness; confinement for up to several weeks in small "punishment cells" in which prisoners were unable to stand upright or lie down; being forced to kneel or sit immobilized for long periods; being hung by the wrists; being forced to stand up and sit down to the point of collapse; and forcing mothers recently repatriated from China to watch the infanticide of their newborn infants. Defectors continued to report that many prisoners died from torture, disease, starvation, exposure to the elements, or a combination of these causes."

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