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UN rights expert welcomes return of detainees from NK

United nations, May 11 (UNI) The release of three United States nationals by North Korea is “another important building block” towards peace, has said a United Nations human rights expert, while urging the release of six South Korean nationals who are still being held.
In a statement on Thursday, reacting to the release of the US citizens, Tomás Ojea Quintana, the UN expert on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said that he had “consistently advocated for the release of these foreign detainees, who were reportedly under arbitrary detention and prevented from enjoying their basic freedoms.”
“I welcome this important decision of the DPRK Government,” the Special Rapporteur continued, “which I hope will offer an opportunity to further address human rights and humanitarian concerns,” he added.
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