UN Official: ‘Now Is the Time’ for North Korea Human Rights

Concerned by the lack of any reference to human rights in the joint statement issued at the historic summit between Washington and Pyongyang, the United Nations special rapporteur on North Korea says “this is the time” for the U.S. to pressure North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to engage in a dialogue with the international community to improve the lives of North Korea’s people. “Any reference to human rights … was absent,” said Tomás Ojea Quintana, special rapporteur on North Korea for...

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