- Camp 22
Camp 22 is a
North Korea n prison forpolitical prisoner s, who are in fact family members of accused North Koreans. Camp 22 is known as: Kwan-li-so No.22 Haengyong. 'Kwan-li-so' is Korean for 'education'. It is located in north-east North Korea, on the border withRussia andChina , 20 km from the city ofHoeryong . On all available maps the camp carries no name like villages. This camp is surrounded by the following villages: Wŏn-dong, Ssŏgŭndari, Kulsal-li, Haengyŏng-ni (headquarters of the camp), Naksaeng-ni and Chungch’u-dong. Its location is: 42°34'29"N, 129°53'3"E. Its existence is denied by the North Korean government.Overview
There are an estimated 50,000 prisoners held in Camp 22Fact|date=July 2007. Most have been imprisoned because relatives were critical of the
Korean Workers' Party or its General Secretary,Kim Jong-il . Analysis ofsatellite imagery suggests that the camp is surrounded by guarded fences, and that it covers an area estimated to be as large asWashington, D.C. . Housing is clustered in fairly small groups. Reasons for housing the prisoners in this fashion are unclear, but could be to decrease the risk of rebellion. [http://freekorea.us/2007/02/18/holocaust-now-looking-down-into-hell-at-camp-22/]Alleged abuse
There have been numerous reports of
human rights abuses at Camp 22. There have even been accounts of chemical experimentation on prisoners using a glassgas chamber for observation. Some accounts have even been attributed to a former chief of management at Camp 22, Kwon Hyok.ee also
*
Yodok concentration camp
*Alleged North Korean human experimentation
*Human rights in North Korea References
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,1136483,00.html "Revealed: the gas chamber horror of North Korea's gulag"] - Guardian Unlimited (UK)
* [http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/northkorea/norkor1102-02.htm#P448_97429 Accounts of Labor Camps] - Human Rights Watch
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3071468/ North Korean prison guard remembers atrocities] - Ahn Myong Chol in MSNBC, 2003External links
* [http://freekorea.us/2007/02/18/holocaust-now-looking-down-into-hell-at-camp-22/ Google Earth Tour of Camp 22] with witness accounts of how prisoners are treated there
* [http://www.dailynk.com/english/ Daily NK]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.