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December 9th, 2011 - Worldwide Demonstration Protesting Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea
This is an international call to protest on December 9th, 2011, 63rd anniversary of the United Nations Genocide Convention which North Korea is violating in every possible way (For more information, please see “North Korea and the Genocide Convention”:http://hir.harvard.edu/north-korea-and-the-genocide-movement).
Please organize protests and hunger strikes in front of DPRK/PRC/UN offices (or other location), and let us know about your demonstration at [email protected].
Confirmed Protests So Far:
New York City, United States
12:00pm: Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, silent march to DPRK Mission to the UN
1:00pm: Demonstration at DPRK Mission to the UN
Speech by North Korean Defector Activist Ji Seong Ho (President of NAUH)
Event Coordinator: [email protected]
For Interviews, contact: [email protected]
Seoul, Republic of Korea
3:00pm ~ 4:00pm: Demonstration at Seoul Station Plaza
4:00pm ~ 5:00pm: March to UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees)
7:30pm ~ 8:30pm: Candlelight rally in Seoul Plaza
Event Coordinator: [email protected]
Berlin, Germany
3:00pm ~ 6:00pm: Demonstration at the Brandenburg Gate
Event Coordinator: [email protected]
Tokyo, Japan
12:00pm ~ 12:50pm Demonstration at Hachiko Square in Shibuya, Tokyo
1:30pm: Demonstration at Chongryon
Event Coordinator: [email protected]
London, UK
1:00pm ~ 3:00pm Demonstration at North Korea Embassy
Event Coordinator: [email protected]
There are three main objectives of these international protests on December 9, 2011:
1) To bring unprecedented pressure upon not only the NK regime but the international community to meaningfully address
the horrific crimes being perpetuated systematically.
2) To influence and awaken global public opinion to the real, genocidal nature of the NK regime.
3) To create a watershed movement for the liberation of NK itself.
LETTER OF DEMANDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
(to be read at the protests):
To the Leaders of Korea, America, China, Russia, Japan, the United Nations and
the Entire International Community,
We Refuse to Allow the North Korean Genocide to Continue Any Longer. Over 4,000,000 Innocent North Koreans have been Murdered by Kim Jong-Il’s regime since 1995, and an estimated 1,000,000 North Koreans have been Murdered as a result of Slave Labor, Rape, Torture, Starvation and Execution in North Korea’s Political Concentration Camps. The Very Existence of these Concentration Camps makes the North Korean State Illegal, Illegitimate, and Criminal, and Demands The Immediate Intervention of the International Community.
Our Demands, based upon the foundation of International Law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are as follows:
1) The Immediate and Total Liberation of All North Korean Political Concentration Camps
2) Compensation and Re-imbursement to All North Korean Victims of Slavery, Starvation, Torture, All Concentration Camp Survivors and Their Families for Immeasurable Loss and Suffering
3) The Immediate Stepping Down from Power of Kim Jong-Il and North Korea’s Leaders
4) Prosecution of Kim Jong-il, Kim Yong-nam, Chang Sung-taek and All Individuals Responsible for Commissioning or Carrying Out Acts of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
5) Through the Guidance and Oversight of a Coalition of North Korean Refugee Leaders and Human Rights Activists, in Partnership with President Lee Myung Bak and the International Community, WE DEMAND THE LIBERATION AND REBUILDING OF NORTH KOREA BASED UPON THE FOUNDATION OF ENSURING AND GUARANTEEING WITHOUT FAIL THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND SAFETY OF EVERY NORTH KOREAN INDIVIDUAL ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, WHICH WAS COMPOSED TO PREVENT THE ATROCITIES OF NAZI GERMANY FROM EVER OCCURRING AGAIN. WE, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, HAVE ALL FAILED TO KEEP OUR PROMISE AND UPHOLD INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND MOST MISERABLY IN THE CASE OF NORTH KOREA.
Please refer to:
“North Korea and the Genocide Convention”: http://hir.harvard.edu/north-korea-and-the-genocide-movement
“The forgotten genocide in North Korea”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-will-we-stop-the-genocide-in-north-korea/2011/03/29/AFqXaMEE_story.html
Documentary - “Children of the Secret State”: http://www.watch-documentaries.com/children-of-the-secret-state
Documentary - “Access to Evil”: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7096673757347175289
Documentary - Public Execution: Documentary Evidence of Public Executions in North Korea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAQE7kDwPZY
LETTER OF DEMANDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (Korean translation)
북한의 집단학살 중단을 위한 전세계적 연대
북한의 집단학살을 중단시키라
국제사회를 향한 호소문
대한민국, 미국, 중국, 러시아, 일본, UN 그리고 모든 국제사회의 지도자들께 호소합니다!
우리는 북한의 집단학살을 더 이상 용인할 수 없습니다. 1995년 이후 4백만 이상의 무고한 생명이 김정일 정권에 의해 학살되었으며 백만 명 이상이 정치범 수용소에서 강제 노동, 강간, 고문, 기아로 죽거나 처형한 것으로 추정되고 있습니다. 정치범 수용소의 만행은 북한 정권이 얼마나 불법적인지 잘 보여줍니다. 국제사회는 더 이상 침묵해서는 안되며 즉각 개입해야 합니다.
우리는 UN의 인권선언과 국제법을 근거로 다음과 같이 요청합니다.
1) 정치범 수용소 수감자 전원에 대한 즉각적인 석방을 요청합니다.
2) 강제 노동, 굶주림, 고문으로 고통 당해온 북한의 모든 희생자들과 특히 정치범 수용소에서 말할 수 없이 학대당해 온 사람들과 그 가족들에게 보상해줄 것을 요청합니다.
3) 김정일과 북한 지도자들의 즉각적인 하야를 요청합니다.
4) 김정일, 김용남, 장성택을 비롯하여 집단 학살과 반인륜적인 범죄를 지시하거나 수행하고 있는 모든 북한 지도자들에 대한 기소를 요청합니다.
5) 탈북 난민 지도자 및 인권활동가 연대가 앞장서고 이명박 대통령과 국제 사회가 협력하여 북한을 해방시키고 새로운 기초 위에 건설하는 일에 참여해 줄 것을 요청합니다. 이것을 통해 나치 독일에서와 같은 참극이 다시는 발생하지 않고 UN이 규정하고 있는 인권선언과 국제법에 따라 모든 북한 주민들도 그들의 인권과 안전을 확실히 보장받으며 살 수 있도록 해야 합니다. (우리(국제 사회)는 북한 문제에 있어서 지금까지 국제 법을 준수하고 이행하는 일에 철저하게 실패해왔습니다.)
