Horror in North Korea The North Korean government violates countless human rights on a daily basis. Although, one right is trounced upon significantly more than others. This right states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.” In 2012, Shin Dong-hyuk, a man detained inside a North Korean Political Prison Camp, became only the third man to ever escape North Korean captivity. He told in detail, the horror of these forced labor camps. Dong-hyuk was born in a prison camp, where he was destined to spend his entire life. He lived under terrible conditions, and dealt with harsh punishments his entire childhood. When he a small boy, the tip of his middle finger was cut off as a consequence for simply dropping a sewing machine. At the age of thirteen, Dong-hyuk was forced to watch the execution of his mother and brother, as they were publicly hanged and burned at the stake. Speaking of his escape, Shin told Fox News, "My feeling at that time, even if I were to get shot and die, was that I would want to experience even just for one day of that freedom.” Similar to many prisoners, Shin’s mentality was to escape or die trying. Although, the others that were not successful, and their lives were taken by guards without emotion or hesitation. In “Harsher Punishment for Contact with the …show more content…
No free will. Just fear.” (“Life in a North Korean Labor Camp”) This quote accurately portrays the dictatorship of North Korea. The North Korean government sparks a sense intimidation through every person living throughout the country. North Koreans live in terror, afraid to stand up for their rights, because they dread the consequences that will be imposed upon them and up to three generations of their loved ones. ‘No arbitrary arrest or detention’ has been destroyed completely from the North Korean society. The government has obliterated this right, forcing people to spend their whole existence in fear, while causing issues for the entire