Several weeks ago, prosecutors in South Korea opened an investigation into the involuntary return of two North Korean fishermen to North Korea in 2019. Human Rights Watch considers the men's forcible return to a country where they faced torture, forced labor, and possible execution a clear violation of their human rights. Few details about the case are known. The South Korean navy reportedly apprehended the two men off South Korea's coast in November 2019. After five days, the authorities forcibly returned them to North Korea, claiming that they had killed 16 of their crewmates in North Korean waters.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/22/south-korea-investigates-forcible-return-two-north-koreans

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