After the Yongsan incident took place in January 21, 2009 (please also refer to AHRC-FUA-001-2009), the bodies of those killed during the incident had been kept in the Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital in Seoul. Their relatives had stayed in the hospital together with rights activists against whom the arrest warrants were issued since the incident took...
2010/02/02 16:27 2010/02/02 16:27
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission It is well known that the Republic of Korea has achieved rapid economic growth within a relatively short period of time. What is less well known however, is the corruption and exploitation involved in the economic development led by the then government. Not only was the media controlled by the government...
2009/06/22 10:42 2009/06/22 10:42
Korean NGOs actively brought up Human rights issues of Korea during 10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in GenevaThe 10th session of the UN Human Rights Council was held in Geneva, Switzerland on 2-27 March 2009. The delegation-Kim Byeongjoo of MINBYUN, a lawyer Oh Jaechang and Jang Youngseok-representing seven Korean NGOs; MINBYUN-Lawyers for a...
2009/03/30 10:49 2009/03/30 10:49
Submission of a statement related with Yongsan incident to the 10th U.N. Human Rights Council The 10th Human Rights Council was held from March 2nd to 27th. On February 18th(Wed), People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy(PSPD) submitted common written statement related with Yongsan incident to FORUM-ASIA and Special Representative on residential r...
2009/03/11 16:30 2009/03/11 16:30
PSPD with Joint Korea NGOs submited the Urgent-Appealon "Yongsan Tragedy" to the Special Procedures, which is a very serious case of Human rights violation in South Korea caused by police crackdown on 25 Janunary. Urgent Appeal on “Yongsan tragedy” based by Police Crackdown Background - Korean Government violated People's Right to Housing and Right to...
2009/01/29 18:26 2009/01/29 18:26