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15th North Korea Freedom Week 2018
15th North Korea Freedom Week 2018
April 28th
April 28th
to may 5th
to may 5th
seoul, korea
seoul, korea
Introduction
Introduction
‘North Korea Freedom Week’ is co-organized by NGOs in South Korea as well as international community to promote the freedom and human rights of North Korean people, which is held in the last week of April.
The events of North Korea Freedom Week focus on raising awareness on dire human rights situation that North Korean people face every day, and open to the public so that anyone can join.
The 15th North Korea Freedom Week is organized by the Honorary Chairman Suzanne Scholte of North Korea Freedom Coalition, and the representatives of North Korean defector NGOs and civil society leaders cooperate to form the Organizing Committee.
The Truth Will Set Them Free
The Truth Will Set Them Free
The theme of the 15th North Korea Freedom Week is “Truth Will Set Them Free”, and aims to achieve following goals:
To highlight the North Korean defectors’ actions to bring the freedom to North Korea (including balloon launch, sending PET bottles with rice)
To save North Korean refugees in China and call for the Chinese government to stop repatriating North Korean refugees
To introduce the education program for North Korean defector children
To expose the ongoing human rights violation of political prison and human trafficking, and find the solution
Organization Committee:
Organization Committee:
Honorary Chairman: Suzanne Scholte, North Korea Freedom Coalition
Co-Chairman: Kim Tae-hoon, esq., Lawyers for HR and Unification of Korea
Pastor Lim Chang-ho, Koshin University
Lee Mi-il (Korean War Abductees’ Family Union)
Park Sang-hak (Alliance of NK Defector Organizations for NKHR)
Professor Nishioka Tsutomu (Tokyo Christian University)
Organization Co-Representative:
Organization Co-Representative:
Chairman: Kim Seong-min (Free North Korea Radio)
Pastor Kang Chul-ho (Saetu Church)
Kim Heung-kwang (NK Intellectuals’ Solidarity)
Huh Kwang-il (Committee for the Democratization of North Korea)
Jang Se-yul (Gyereol United)
Choi Jeong-hun (North Korean People’s Liberation Front)
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