A Christian family in North Korea has been sentenced to life imprisonment just for practicing their religion and possessing a Bible.
The sentence also includes a 2-year-old child of the family. This has been revealed in the report released by the US State Department regarding religious freedom. The matter is being told of 2009.
It has been claimed in the report that people are being punished from life imprisonment to death for keeping the Bible in North Korea. In 2022, North Korea put more than 70 thousand Christians in jail.
The US State Department has prepared its report on the basis of information received from an NGO ‘Korea Future’. The NGO has claimed that Christians in North Korea are persecuted for practicing the religion. They are forced into labor and women are sexually exploited.
These things came to the fore in 2021 in a conversation with 151 women. At the same time, people who left North Korea have told the NGO that bad propaganda is being done about Christians. Missionaries are called blood drinkers, murderers, and rapists.
Being a communist country, North Korea is an atheist country. One who does not follow any religion. Although it is claimed that all people have the freedom to practice their religion. 50% of the people here are atheists. 25% of the people are Buddhist and the remaining 25% are Christians and other religions.