CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
June, 2022
Congressional Testimony: Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission: South Korea’s Refugee Policy in the Yoon Administration: A New Openness to International Standards? (Virtual Hearing)
(Above link shows video testimony, links to written testimony and bios)
Opening remarks
- Rep. Christopher H. Smith, Co-Chair TLHRC
Witnesses
- Jong-Chul Kim, Esq. Senior Researcher, Advocates for Public Interest Law
- Ethan Hee-Seok Shin, Ph.D., Legal Analyst, Transitional Justice Working Group
- Moon Jun Sohn, M.D., Ph.D., Director, We All Friends (NGO), Professor, Neurological Surgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, Korea
- Suzanne Scholte, Ph.D., Seoul Peace Prize Laureate and Chair, North Korea Freedom Coalition
- Kennji Kizuka, Associate Director, Research & Analysis, Refugee Protection, Human Rights First
April, 2021
Witnesses:
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Hon. Inho Lee, Former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation under President Kim Dae Jung and Professor Emerita of Seoul National University
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John Sifton, Asia Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch
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Suzanne Scholte, Ph.D., Seoul Peace Prize Laureate and Chair, North Korea Freedom Coalition
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Jessica Lee, Senior Research Fellow for East Asia, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
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Jeon Su-mi, Ph.D., South Korean human rights lawyer and Chair, Conciliation and Peace Society
December, 2017
December 12, 2017, Suzanne Scholte and Han Ga Hee (North Korean Defector, Announcer and Sound Engineer for Free North Korea Radio), Testimony before House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, “Protecting North Korean Refugees” Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Transcripts for:
September, 2012
September, 2011
On September 20, 2011, DFF President, Susan Scholte, two refugees and the Director of Free North Korea Radio testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, Africa, Global Health and Human Rights.
The transcript of each testimony may be found at the following links:
Suzanne Scholte, President, Defense Forum Foundation
Young Soon KIM, Vice President, Committee for the Democratization of North Korea
KIM Seong Min, Director, Free North Korea Radio
Hye Sook KIM, Member, Free the NK Gulag
September, 2010
Escaping North Korea: The Plight of Defectors, Sept 23, 2010, Hearing Before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, House of Representatives. Transcript
May, 2009
Testimony before the Congressional Executive Commission on China, May 1, 2009
Written Testimony of Suzanne Scholte
Defense Forum Foundation's Work Leads to Congressional Hearings on Radio Broadcasting and Horrors Facing Refugees in China
Testimonies before the U.S. Congress by North Koreans and Suzanne
CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS REGARDING WESTERN SAHARA
Congressional Hearing Focuses on Western Sahara, Atrocities Against Sahrawis in Occupied Territory
Testimonies before the U.S. Congress by North Koreans and Suzanne Scholte