North Korea Freedom Coalition
Formation2003
HeadquartersFairfax, Virginia, United States
Region served
International
Chairwoman
Suzanne Scholte[1][2]
WebsiteOfficial website

The North Korea Freedom Coalition (NKFC) is a US organisation established in 2003 for human rights and freedom in North Korea.[3] The North Korea Freedom Coalition is composed of 60 organizations. Some of these organizations are advocacy groups, such as women's rights and refugee groups.[4] Other groups have a religious background, and perform missionary work from outside of the North Korean border.[5]

Advocacy

The NKFC supported the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2013 (H.R. 1771; 113th Congress), a bill that would increase U.S. sanctions against North Korea.[6][7] The organization encouraged Americans to contact their Members of Congress about the bill.[8] According to the organization, the bill "would impose tough, targeted financial sanctions on North Korean leaders who are responsible for crimes against humanity and would significantly decrease North Korea's profoundly egregious human rights abuses."[9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Women activists cross DMZ between North and South Korea". Jethro Mullen and Kathy Novak. CNN. May 25, 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ "North Korea celebrates Kim Jong-il's birthday". The Guardian. 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Rights Envoy Named for N. Korea". Washington Post. 20 August 2005. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ Goedde, Patricia (August 2010). "Legal Mobilization for Human Rights Protection in North Korea: Furthering Discourse or Discord?". Human Rights Quarterly. 32 (3): 537. doi:10.1353/hrq.2010.0008. JSTOR 40784055. S2CID 143332430.
  5. ^ Feffer, John (2004). "The Forgotten Lessons of Helinski: Human Rights and U.S.-North Korean Relations". World Policy Journal. 21 (3): 36. doi:10.1215/07402775-2004-4009. JSTOR 40210234.
  6. ^ "H.R. 1771 – Summary". United States Congress. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  7. ^ United States of America Congressional Record Proceedings and Debates of the 109th Congress Second Session Vol. 152 Part 5. Government Printing Office. pp. 6395–. GGKEY:9P94KC6FCL1. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  8. ^ "North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2013". North Korea Freedom Coalition. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Support H.R. 1771 Now". North Korea Freedom Coalition. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  10. ^ Paul French (2007). North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula: A Modern History (2nd ed.). Zed Books. pp. 260–. ISBN 978-1-84277-905-7. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Sen. Brownback Applauds North Korea Freedom Day". US Fed News Service, Including US State News. April 28, 2006. Archived from the original on November 15, 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

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