{"id":120325,"date":"2023-10-23T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=120325"},"modified":"2023-10-23T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:24:42","slug":"china-returning-600-refugees-to-north-korea-where-they-face-torture-or-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/china-returning-600-refugees-to-north-korea-where-they-face-torture-or-death\/","title":{"rendered":"China returning 600 refugees to North Korea where they face ‘torture or death’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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China is \u201ccynically\u201d taking advantage of the world\u2019s focus on the Middle East to send hundreds of North Korean refugees back to the Hermit State, where they face \u201ctorture, prison or death\u201d, an activist has warned MPs.<\/p>\n

And Timothy Cho, who himself escaped the country as a teenager and who now lives in the UK, warns many more will face a similar fate if nobody speaks out.<\/p>\n

Mr Cho, co-secretariat of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, has written to MPs this week pleading with them to raise the matter in Parliament as a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI urge you to encourage the British Government to initiate a dialogue with Chinese authorities to facilitate the deportation of the remaining North Korean refugees to third countries, rather than sending them back to North Korea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have personally experienced repatriation once, and I am familiar with the process of imprisonment, torture, and punishment that follows.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEven if we can rescue just one person through these diplomatic efforts in collaboration with the South Korean government, it would be a significant achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Cho, who also acts as a spokesman for the Christian persecution charity Open Doors UK and Ireland, says he is especially concerned about the significant number of escapees that originally fled due to their religious faith.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe punishment for anyone that has been associated with Christian churches or missionaries while they were in China are likely to be dealt with particularly severely, indeed many are likely to be executed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Korea is ranked as the most dangerous place in the world by Open Doors\u2019 World Watch List ranking, and that\u2019s with very good reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

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