70,000 Christians languish in N. Korean prison camps: U.S. Christian group
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. religious group said Friday it has placed North Korea on its World Watch List as the worst violator of religious rights for Christians for a fifth straight year, claiming between 50,000 and 70,000 Christians are suffering in prison camps in the communist country.
Open Doors, a Christian activist group founded in 1955, said on its Web site, "the North Korean government hunts Christians all over the country, especially those who try to return from China. Many of them were arrested, tortured and even killed."
In its 2006 annual report, the U.S. government accused North Korea and six other countries of continuing to violate their citizens' religious liberty. The others are Myanmar, China, Iran, Sudan, Eritrea and Saudi Arabia....