A-two-year old North Korean and the toddler’s parents have been sentenced to life in prison after a Bible was found in their possession.
People caught owning a copy of The Bible in the country are at risk of the death penalty under the measures ruled out by communist leader Kim Jung Un.
“The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion [in the DPRK] also continues to be denied, with no alternative belief systems tolerated by the authorities,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said.
A report from 2022 found that the North Korean governent has continued to “execute, torture, arrest and physically abuse people for their religious activities.”
From The New York Post:
While a small number of officially registered religious institutions exist in North Korea, including churches, they operate under strict state control and function largely as showpieces for foreign tourists, officials say. In October 2021, NGO Korea Future released a report detailing the religious freedom abuses after interviewing 244 victims.
