Warning: Graphic. In these chilling drawings released to the United Nations, former North Korean prisoner Kim Kwang-Il details torture methods he witnessed during his time in captivity. In this position, called "pigeon torture," Kim says he was beaten on the chest until he vomited blood.
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Warning: Graphic. In these chilling drawings released to the United Nations, former North Korean prisoner Kim Kwang-Il details torture methods he witnessed during his time in captivity. In this position, called "pigeon torture," Kim says he was beaten on the chest until he vomited blood.
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Text: "Scale, airplane, motorcycle." According to UN reports, Kim says he had to stay in painful stress positions with arms extended until he collapsed out of exhaustion.<br />
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Text: "Scale, airplane, motorcycle." According to UN reports, Kim says he had to stay in painful stress positions with arms extended until he collapsed out of exhaustion.
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Text: "Detention center."
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Text: "Detention center."
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Text: "Out of starvation and hunger, find snakes and rats and you eat them."
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Text: "Out of starvation and hunger, find snakes and rats and you eat them."
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Text: "Pump torture. After sitting, you stand about a hundred times."
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Text: "Pump torture. After sitting, you stand about a hundred times."
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Text: "The mice eat the eyes, nose, ears, and toes of the corpses."
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Text: "The mice eat the eyes, nose, ears, and toes of the corpses."
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Text: "The corpses are taken to the crematorium."
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Text: "The corpses are taken to the crematorium."
Kim Kwang-il/UNHCR
Text: "Solitary confinement punishment. Capturing mice from inside the cell."
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Text: "Solitary confinement punishment. Capturing mice from inside the cell."
Kim Kwang-il/UNHCR