WORLD IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : Arrests, Political Crackdown Charged
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Amnesty International accused South Korea of reversing a two-year trend of human rights improvement, citing mass arrests and the reported torture of prisoners. The London-based group said 800 political and union activists have been arrested in a crackdown on political opposition by President Roh Tae Woo’s government.
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