[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18300]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        NORTH KOREAN ATROCITIES

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak of the suffering 
people of North Korea. I am sending each of my colleagues in the House 
a copy of the most recent Life and Human Rights in North Korea 
publication, published by the Citizens Alliance for North Korean Human 
Rights. I urge Members to read this publication, which includes 
eyewitness accounts of the horrifying torture inside North Korean 
prison camps and reports by the United Nations.
  Many North Korean's understandably attempt to flee, but some of them 
are captured. For women, especially those who have been trafficked into 
China as sex slaves or domestic servants, a return to North Korea is 
especially difficult.
  For example, North Korean women who have dyed their hair or worn 
earrings undergo painful punishment. Their heads are pounded against 
the wall; earrings wrenched with pliers from their ears. They said 
afterwards, after the beatings, starving, and forced labor, they are 
hard to recognize.
  In addition, the reports state that ``North Korea not only conducts 
terrorist operations, but operates warfare training facilities to train 
international terrorists and other revolutionaries around the world.''
  Madam Speaker, the North Korean people must be helped. I urge all 
Members to take a good look at this book and do whatever they can for 
the population of North Korea.

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