Activists protest in a candlelight vigil honoring the North Korean defectors
and human rights activists who have died or been imprisoned thanks to Chinese
repatriation policy at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC on Sept. 23, 2016
Christian Post
Human rights groups are reporting on new grim statistics from North Korea and its treatment of religious minorities, including Christians, revealing that more than 75 percent of those subjected to torture, imprisonment, and other punishments do not survive.
UPI reported on statistics from the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights, a South Korean nonprofit organization, which are based on the testimonies of defectors, identifying over 65,000 cases of religious persecution.
Close to 99 percent of 11,370 defectors in the study confirmed that there is no religious freedom under the government of Kim Jong-un, and what is more, over 75 percent of Christians who are punished for their faith do not survive.
"Most North Korean religious practitioners say they are either Protestant or Roman Catholic. More than 10 percent of interviewees said they are Buddhist," the article stated.
"The interviews also reveal less than 23 percent of victims of religious persecution survive their punishment, according to defectors' testimonies."
Christians pray for starving North Koreans during
a prayer session in Seoul March 1, 2012.
The statistics also showed that only 1.2 percent of those who fled North Korea admitted to engaging in secret religious activities, due to fear of persecution.
International Christian Concern, Open Doors USA, and Christian Solidarity Worldwide are just some of the persecution watchdog groups that have documented the horrific treatment of minorities in North Korea.
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