freedoms are being trampled on in kowtowing to North Korea

U.S. Rights Groups Condemn Hounding of Balloon Activists
By Roh Suk-jo

June 12, 2020 12:07

There has been a flurry of criticism even from hitherto friendly Americans who now worry that freedoms are being trampled on in kowtowing to North Korean histrionics whose purpose is not even clear.

Phil Robertson, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division, said in a statement Thursday that South Korea's attempts to revoke the charitable status of activists and prosecute them are a blow to efforts to hold North Korea accountable for its human rights violations for the sake of political expediency.

The moves are "a blatant violation of freedom of association that cannot be justified with vague appeals to border security and relations with the North," he added.

Human Rights Watch headquarters said it was "shameful how President [Moon Jae-in] and his government are totally unwilling to stand up for the rights of North Koreans."

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