Gender: Male
Perpetrator: North Korea
Ethnic Group: Korean
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: September//2001
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Proselytizing Activities
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Joo Gwang Ho is detained for his religious activity.
On an unspecified date, authorities in China arrested Joo Gwang Ho for his evangelizing activities to ethnic-Chinese citizens and North Korean refugees in China.
In September 2001, Joo Gwang Ho was deported to North Korea despite the known risk to his safety. After being held at the North Pyongan Provincial MSS pre-trial detention center, Sinuiju-based Ministry of State Security personnel transferred him to another penal facility for continuing to engage in evangelizing activities among fellow detainees.