Unconverted long-term prisoners

Members of the preparatory group for the 20th anniversary of the repatriation of non-converted prisoners hold a press conference in front of the government complex in Seoul to urge the second repatriation (2020).^[1]

Unconverted long-term prisoners is a term which refers to political prisoners imprisoned in south Korea, generally on charges of "anti-state" activities or views in support of communism or DPRK.^[2]^[3] The term commonly refers to people who were mostly arrested from the 1950s to 1980s and imprisoned and tortured for decades and who refused to sign a "conversion" statement renouncing communist or left-wing ideology, which had been a condition for their release.^[4]

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↑ Photo by 김철수 (Kim Cheoulsu). 민중의소리 (Voice of the People). 인도적조치 비전향장기수 송환하라[포토] (Repatriate non-converted long-term prisoners for humanitarian measures [Photo]). 2020-09-08.
↑ “South Korea: Unfair Trial and Torture: Long-Term Political Prisoners.” Amnesty International, September 30, 1993.
↑ "National reunification prizes awarded to unconverted long-term prisoners", Korean Central News Agency, 2000-09-04. Archived 2019-11-19.
↑ Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 1999 - Korea, -, 1 January 1999. Archived 2024-03-11.

[1] Photo by 김철수 (Kim Cheoulsu). 민중의소리 (Voice of the People). 인도적조치 비전향장기수 송환하라[포토] (Repatriate non-converted long-term prisoners for humanitarian measures [Photo]). 2020-09-08.

[2] “South Korea: Unfair Trial and Torture: Long-Term Political Prisoners.” Amnesty International, September 30, 1993.

[3] "National reunification prizes awarded to unconverted long-term prisoners", Korean Central News Agency, 2000-09-04. Archived 2019-11-19.

[4] Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 1999 - Korea, -, 1 January 1999. Archived 2024-03-11.

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