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NOKorea Executes Woman For Distributing Bibles
The North Korean government executed a thirty-three year old woman on June 16th. Her crime? She was distributing Bibles. She was executed in the northwestern city of Ryongchon near the border with China.
The next day, her parents, her husband and their three children were arrested and sent to a political prison camp in the northeastern city of Hoeryong.
North Korea claims to guarantee freedom of religion for its 24 million people but the only religion permitted North Koreans is the worship of Kim Jong il.
There is a Catholic church, two Protestant churches and one Russian Orthodox, but they are only for foreigners.
The Investigative Commission On Crime Against Humanity also alleged in its report that in March, North Korean security agents arrested Seo Kum Ok, 30, another Christian, in a city near Ryongchon and tortured her.
The agents alleged she was attempting to spy on a nuclear site and hand over the evidence to South Korea and the U.S.
The report said it remains unclear whether she survived. Her husband was also arrested and their two children disappeared, it said.
In North Korea, a person can face execution for distributing Bibles or even for circulating foreign movies.
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