Comments on: How a U.S. Consul Helped Send Six North Korean Refugees to Kim Jong Il’s Gulag http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: OneFreeKorea » The Shenyang Six Are Freed http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-51938 OneFreeKorea » The Shenyang Six Are Freed Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:39:45 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-51938 [...] Do you still remember their story, the arrest of Adrian Hong and the courageous LiNK activists, and the shame on our Consul General in Shenyang?  I had given up all hope, but others did not, and their persistence has been repaid with six lives.   WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 20 - Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) today announced that six North Korean refugees imprisoned by Chinese authorities last December were recently released from a prison in Shenyang. The six - which include two teenage boys, one woman in her early twenties, and three older women - were arrested in Beijing last December after seeking asylum at a foreign mission in China. They arrived in South Korea on July 19. [...] [...] Do you still remember their story, the arrest of Adrian Hong and the courageous LiNK activists, and the shame on our Consul General in Shenyang?  I had given up all hope, but others did not, and their persistence has been repaid with six lives.   WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 20 – Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) today announced that six North Korean refugees imprisoned by Chinese authorities last December were recently released from a prison in Shenyang. The six – which include two teenage boys, one woman in her early twenties, and three older women – were arrested in Beijing last December after seeking asylum at a foreign mission in China. They arrived in South Korea on July 19. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » North Korea Freedom Week 2007: Bringing Attention to an Unreported Genocide http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-41632 OneFreeKorea » North Korea Freedom Week 2007: Bringing Attention to an Unreported Genocide Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:02:32 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-41632 [...] If you do e-mail the White House, I strongly recommend e-mailing the Vice President’s office, too, since that one is more likely to be read. Be sure to mention the North Korean refugees our own Shenyang Consulate turned away in violation of federal law. [...] [...] If you do e-mail the White House, I strongly recommend e-mailing the Vice President’s office, too, since that one is more likely to be read. Be sure to mention the North Korean refugees our own Shenyang Consulate turned away in violation of federal law. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » North Korea Freedom Week 2007: Bringing Attention to an Unreported Genocide http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-40905 OneFreeKorea » North Korea Freedom Week 2007: Bringing Attention to an Unreported Genocide Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:05:34 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-40905 [...] If you do e-mail the White House, I strongly recommend e-mailing the Vice President’s office, too, since that one is more likely to be read.  Be sure to mention the North Korean refugees our own Shenyang Consulate turned away in violation of federal law. [...] [...] If you do e-mail the White House, I strongly recommend e-mailing the Vice President’s office, too, since that one is more likely to be read.  Be sure to mention the North Korean refugees our own Shenyang Consulate turned away in violation of federal law. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » North Korea Freedom Week 2007 http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-36880 OneFreeKorea » North Korea Freedom Week 2007 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:59:52 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-36880 [...] If you do e-mail the White House, I strongly recommend e-mailing the Vice President’s office, too, since that one is more likely to be read.  Be sure to mention the North Korean refugees our own Shenyang Consulate turned away in violation of federal law. [...] [...] If you do e-mail the White House, I strongly recommend e-mailing the Vice President’s office, too, since that one is more likely to be read.  Be sure to mention the North Korean refugees our own Shenyang Consulate turned away in violation of federal law. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Eight Questions Our Shenyang Consul General Won’t Answer http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-28230 OneFreeKorea » Eight Questions Our Shenyang Consul General Won’t Answer Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:50:28 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-28230 [...] About a week ago, I published this post, relaying Adrian Hong’s assertion that the U.S. Consulate in Shenyang, in direct contravention U.S. law, stood by and refused entry to six North Korean refugees who where just feet from the Consulate’s front gate.  Shortly thereafter, the refugees, Hong and other LiNK activists were arrested by the Chinese authorities.  [...] [...] About a week ago, I published this post, relaying Adrian Hong’s assertion that the U.S. Consulate in Shenyang, in direct contravention U.S. law, stood by and refused entry to six North Korean refugees who where just feet from the Consulate’s front gate.  Shortly thereafter, the refugees, Hong and other LiNK activists were arrested by the Chinese authorities.  [...]

]]> By: The Conjecturer » News Brief, Neon Bible Edition http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-27192 The Conjecturer » News Brief, Neon Bible Edition Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:57:34 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-27192 [...] Related to that is shameful news that a U.S. Consul may have betrayed North Korean refugees to the gulags. [...] [...] Related to that is shameful news that a U.S. Consul may have betrayed North Korean refugees to the gulags. [...]

]]> By: Are You NKay? | :: Shenyang Six Turned Back by US Consultate :: March :: 2007 North Korean Human Rights Live http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-27038 Are You NKay? | :: Shenyang Six Turned Back by US Consultate :: March :: 2007 North Korean Human Rights Live Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:01:29 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-27038 [...] One of my future goals in life is to become a Foreign Service Officer. If I ever make it to that field, I will make sure this bullshit never happens again (Via. OFK). [...] [...] One of my future goals in life is to become a Foreign Service Officer. If I ever make it to that field, I will make sure this bullshit never happens again (Via. OFK). [...]

]]> By: Sean Hayes http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-26692 Sean Hayes Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:45:20 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-26692 The only way for this to get much attention is for one of the major news publications to publish a report. I highly doubt that you will see any prominent pieces in the New York Times or Washington Post. Sean Hayes www.ahnse.blogspot.com The only way for this to get much attention is for one of the major news publications to publish a report. I highly doubt that you will see any prominent pieces in the New York Times or Washington Post.

Sean Hayes
http://www.ahnse.blogspot.com

]]> By: Joshua http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-26655 Joshua Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:25:27 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-26655 Digging around some, it looks like the Consulates in China report to the U.S. Mission in China. Logic, misleading as it can be, would lead one to believe that the Chief of Mission in Beijing, a/k/a, The Ambassador, is Mr. Wickman's boss. <a href="http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/ambassador.html" rel="nofollow">Here's his bio</a>. Digging around some, it looks like the Consulates in China report to the U.S. Mission in China. Logic, misleading as it can be, would lead one to believe that the Chief of Mission in Beijing, a/k/a, The Ambassador, is Mr. Wickman’s boss.

Here’s his bio.

]]> By: Sonagi http://freekorea.us/2007/03/04/how-a-us-consul-helped-kill-six-north-korean-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-26632 Sonagi Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:39 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=6602#comment-26632 Why, Joshua, why? Our Congress, regardless of which party holds the majority, can issue scathing annual human rights reports that infuriate the Chinese, who respond with their own condemnation of the US, yet we cannot help six desperate people escape from a regime labeled by the Bush administration as the evil empire. Why??? Why, Joshua, why? Our Congress, regardless of which party holds the majority, can issue scathing annual human rights reports that infuriate the Chinese, who respond with their own condemnation of the US, yet we cannot help six desperate people escape from a regime labeled by the Bush administration as the evil empire.

Why???

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