In this article, gulags, or torture prison camps, from
around the world are exposed for the truly devastating acts that occur inside
them. There are multiple prisons
highlighted, but the worst one, in my opinion, is CAMP 22 in North Korea. In this prison, some prisoners are forced to
stand in tanks filled up to their noses with water for hours or even days on
end. Also, the prisoners are severely
malnourished. The human rights violations in all of these camps are horrendous,
and something must be done in order to change them. Unfortunately, we have learned in the past
couple months that North Korea is not particularly fond of America, as they
have released propaganda videos of major cities such as New York burning to the
ground. Therefore, it would be very
difficult to intervene in these human rights violations without condemning
ourselves to some very high numbers of deaths in both soldiers and
citizens. In this case, I believe that
the U.N. must take some sort of action to lessen the extent of the human rights
violations in North Korea.
Also, in the Evin House of Detention in Iran, there was
recently an American pastor who was imprisoned there. He is now facing torture such as fake
executions as well as starvation and beatings.
In this case, it might be necessary for American intervention. One of our own citizens is being held there
for a crime that he most likely did not commit or even something he did that
should not be considered a crime, such as speaking poorly of the Iranian
government. That does not warrant the
brutal torture that this man is facing, and action must be taken against all of
these awful torture camps.
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