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Jails, shelters violate rights of foreigners

 
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Real Reality



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:35 am    Post subject: Jails, shelters violate rights of foreigners Reply with quote

Jails, shelters violate rights of foreigners
By Park Sang-woo, JoongAng Daily (March 5, 2008)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2886989
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Most jails and shelters in Korea are not qualified to hold foreigners and violate their basic human rights, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea said in a report issued yesterday, calling for new laws to protect foreigners....
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nicholas_chiasson



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Location: Samcheok

PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You know knowing that JAIL is going to be reformed just doesn't excite me the ways Banks, Phones, Taxes, And Health Care need to be fixed. I just didn't see myself going to the K-Clink any time soon.
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cdninkorea



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I read someone wise (can't recall who) once wrote that you can tell a lot about a country from looking at the prison facilities.

Of course it shouldn't be an enjoyable existence- quite the contrary, in fact. But everyone, even criminals, deserve humane facilities while incarcerated.
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