TJWG’s petition to the UN WGAD on behalf of South Korean POW Han Man-Taek

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Office at Geneva 8-14, avenue de la Paix 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland   6 August 2020   Re: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and China – Mr. Han Man-Taek, a Republic of Korea national, continuously deprived of his personal liberty following his capture in combat as a prisoner of war (POW) during the Korean War (1950-1953)   Esteemed members of the Working Group, We hereby wish to submit to the Working Group for its judicious consideration the case of Mr. Han Man-Taek (한만택), a citizen and ...