North Korean women faced torture, rape, malnourishment in detention, says UN report

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SEOUL (REUTERS) - North Korean women detained in prison camps suffered from torture, rape and other forms of'multiple and serious' violence by security and police officials, a UN human rights report said on Tuesday (July 28), citing accounts from over 100 women.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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SEOUL - North Korean women detained in prison camps suffered from torture, rape and other forms of"multiple and serious" violence by security and police officials, a UN human rights report said on Tuesday , citing accounts from over 100 women.

Many also said in the report titled"I Still Feel The Pain"that they were subjected to torture, invasive body searches, forced abortions and even rape by authorities there."I did not sleep and worked because I did not want to be beaten. It was excruciating to a level that I even attempted to commit suicide," one woman was quoted as saying.

Another woman recalled one of her first nights in detention in 2010 when she was raped by an officer. Gathering information in isolated North Korea is notoriously difficult, and the report acknowledged the lack of access to the country limited the agency's ability to verify the interviewees'accounts.

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