Urgent Action Update: No Details About Detained North Koreans In China (China: UA 163.17)

No official information has been made available regarding eight North Koreans that have been detained in China since mid-March 2017. If forcibly returned to North Korea, they are at risk of arbitrary detention, torture or other ill-treatment, enforced disappearance and execution. Without news about their health, families remain concerned for their well-being.

1) TAKE ACTION
Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

• Immediately disclose the whereabouts and condition of the eight North Koreans and ensure they are protected from torture and other ill-treatment while in detention and have prompt access to legal counsel of their choosing and any necessary medical treatment;
• Stop the forcible return of any person to North Korea, including this group of eight detained North Koreans;
• Grant refugee status to those North Koreans who are entitled to it and to give them immediate access to the UNHCR

Contact these two officials by 16 November, 2017:

President
XI Jinping Guojia Zhuxi
The State Council General Office
2 Fuyoujie
Xichengqu, Beijingshi 100017,
People’s Republic of China
Fax: +86 10 6238 1025
Email: [email protected]
Salutation: Your Excellency

Ambassador Tiankai Cui
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
3505 International Place NW
Washington DC 20008
Phone: 1 202 495 2000
Fax: 1 202 495 2138
Email: [email protected] OR [email protected]
(If you receive an error message, please try calling instead!)
Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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