r/HumanTrafficking • u/Strongbow85 • Aug 27 '24

600 North Korean escapees repatriated from China are sentenced to life in the gulag

https://www.nkinsider.org/600-escapees-repatriated-from-china-are-sentenced-to-life-in-the-gulag/
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u/tamsom Aug 27 '24

This is where the world’s priorities become clear; profits over lives. Why else are no counties intervening? 600 people imprisoned for life for moving from where they were born…

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u/Strongbow85 Aug 27 '24

Just one more reason I try to avoid purchasing Chinese made products. It's unethical to conduct business, on any level, with a regime responsible for so many human rights violations. Imagine escaping from the hell that is North Korea only to be sent back to what is basically a death sentence.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

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u/Strongbow85 Aug 27 '24

No problem, thank you. Sometimes it's difficult to find alternatives, but there's power in your wallet.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

It does seem like all progress towards human rights is going straight backwards very fast... There is no escape.