James Heenan, head of the UN Human Rights Office for North Korea, told a Geneva briefing that the number of executions for both normal and political crimes had increased since COVID-era restrictions.

An unspecified number of people had already been executed under new laws imposing the death penalty for distributing foreign TV series, including the popular K-Dramas from South Korea, he added.

kim-cool If we find you watching Alien: Earth, we will take you out.

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    yeonmi-park the United States executes people for being mentally ill, being homeless, being black, growing the wrong plants, having the wrong dog, but you have the freedom to watch any old slop you want and that’s liberty

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      Using her in this context is pure gold, nice.

      Not to mention, the US has secret police disappearing undesirables. They call them immigration enforcement, but we had a different name for them in the 30s and 40s - Gestapo.