Liberty in North Korea: The Human Rights Crisis

Every morning, there is a routine that you and I go through:

Wake up, shower, put on clothes (unless you sleep with socks and shirts on), eat, and venture into the day with a mission in mind, whether it be to pass that exam, finish that office project, or to simply get through the day in three or less pieces.

But somewhere else, in a whole different world, there is a different routine every morning that people go through:

Wake up, eat what little ration is found, work, work, work, work, and get beaten to death. 

This cruel world isn't just another fantasy, another novel; unfortunately, this world is real.

This world is called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or in layman's terms, North Korea.

Every human being is born with basic rights, such as the freedom to speak, the right to be treated as equal as the person to our left and right, and the right to our own life. In the United States, or in Britain, France, or even Canada, we the People of the States are allowed our basic human rights unless certain laws are broken, and those tried and persecuted lose several human rights. For example, if I were to steal your car, and the judge and jury of a courtroom were to agree that I was at fault for stealing your car, I would lose certain rights, such as the freedom to live my own life separate from a jail cell, for as long as the verdict rules (ten or twenty years, etc.).

In North Korea, no one is given the chance to practice their basic rights.

In North Korea, no one has basic rights.

In North Korea, no one is considered as a human being.

This, being an enemy of human rights, is considered as a social justice issue, or an issue in which a specific group of peoples or creatures of nature are threatened by a force that is caused by other groups of peoples or creatures of nature.

In this case, the North Korean people were, and are, being threatened by the North Korean regime and the Kim Dynasty every day. Men, women, children, and infants alike suffer for practicing their basic human rights. There are no "slaps on the wrists". There is only torture, slavery, and long-suffering.

There must be liberty in North Korea today so that there can be peace tomorrow.