Informe anual 2013 El estado de los derechos humanos en el mundo
Comunicados de prensa  21 junio 2013  North Korea escalates
border crackdown  A North Korean government ministry’s latest
threat of harsh punishment against people leaving North Korea
without permission renews concerns about freedom of movement in
a country with a deplorable human rights record, Amnesty
International said.   On 19 June the state news agency published
a statement by the Ministry of People’s Security of the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea),
vowing to “take substantial measures to physically remove
despicable human scum” who leave the country without permission
– an act the government views as treason. The statement added
“Sordid human scum will never be able to look up to the sky nor
be able to find an inch of land to be buried after their
death”.   “Nobody should be detained, prosecuted or punished in
any way simply for exercising their right to freedom of movement
by leaving North Korea,” said Catheri