According to North Korean activists, a woman was publicly executed last month on charges of "being a spy for the enemies of the country" and distributing the Bible.
Ri Hyon-ok, 33, was accused of spying for South Korea and the United States and organizing dissidents. She was executed in the city of Ryongchon on the border with China on June 16, according to a report of the investigative commission of crimes against humanity, published on July 24.
The commission, 50 activists, parents of Ri, her husband and children were sent to a political prison camp, and another couple was arrested for an unknown destination.
The commission requests that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is convicted of a crime against humanity.
It is said that the underground Protestant church has grown tremendously in recent years, and the North Korean government is increasing its "war against religion."
Officially, North Korea guarantees freedom of religion, and there are several religious organizations of Buddhists, Catholics, Protestants and followers of Chondo-gyo, an ethnic Korean religion. However, the country has only one Catholic and two Protestant church, all in Pyongyang.
Source: www.portasabertas.org.br
