The
government of Botswana announced it has decided to terminate diplomatic
and consular relations with North Korea in the light of “human rights
violations” in the country.
The decision is informed by the recently released report of the
UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea which details
systematic, widespread and grave human rights violations by authorities,
Xinhua quoted a statement from Botswana’s foreign ministry as saying.
“The Government of Botswana does not wish to be associated with a
government which continues to display such total disregard for the
human rights of its citizens,” it said.
The report released by the UN human rights watchdog accused North
Korea of systematically violating the rights of its population through
arbitrary arrest, detention, lack of due process, and torture and
ill-treatment of detainees.
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