North Korea Publishes 'Human Rights White Paper'...West Says "Racial Discrimination, Persecution of People of Color"

Justifying Nuclear and Missile Provocations

North Korea published a 'Human Rights White Paper' and fiercely criticized the West. It made an absurd claim that human rights are guaranteed in North Korea, while stating that in European Union countries, issues such as racial discrimination, persecution of people of color, gender discrimination, and child abuse are "breaking new records every year."

Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on the 11th that the Korean Human Rights Research Association published the white paper to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly 75 years ago on December 10, 1948. The agency explained, "The association issued the white paper to actively contribute to the international improvement and promotion of human rights and to seek solutions to the global human rights crisis."

Although the contents of the white paper were not mentioned, it is presumed that a significant portion contains the unfounded claim that human rights conditions in the United States and Europe are poor. The article reporting the white paper stated, "The dignity and rights of humans emphasized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are being brutally violated in the United States and Western countries, where various social evils such as gun crimes, racial discrimination, police violence, and abuse of women and children are rampant."

The report emphasized, "Under the most popular human rights protection system, our people fully enjoy true human rights and live blessed lives," and "Our republic is fulfilling its responsibilities and roles in the international human rights field."

The agency accused the United States of slandering North Korea, stating, "It is a typical American tactic to latch onto 'human rights issues' to overthrow regimes and systems of countries that do not comply, thereby tarnishing and demonizing those countries." It further stressed, "The most important lesson that today's reality, where the noble spirit and purpose of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have not been realized, teaches us is that true human rights can only be guaranteed and realized when national sovereignty is thoroughly protected."

North Korea then justified its nuclear and missile provocations by saying it chose the "path of strengthening self-defensive national defense" to "put an eternal end to the yoke of U.S. imperialism and protect the country's sovereignty and development interests."

North Korea ranked among the lowest in the world, receiving only 3 points out of 100 on the freedom index in the '2023 Freedom in the World Report' released by the international human rights organization Freedom House in March.

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