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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear friends and colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Yesterday the BBC and other media gave great play
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<DIV><FONT size=4>to a new report on North Korean abductions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>In case others have had difficulty </FONT><FONT size=4>getting
hold </FONT><FONT size=4>of this, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>as I had, the info and links below may be of use.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Aidan FC</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3>Aidan
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<H1 style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(108,156,188) 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 1.75em 1.75em 0px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(29,67,101); FONT-SIZE: large; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=pub><A style="COLOR: rgb(50,61,91); TEXT-DECORATION: none" title=title href="http://www.piie.com/blogs/nk/?p=1220" rel=bookmark>Report: TAKEN! North
Korea’s Criminal Abduction of Citizens of Other Countries</A></H1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153); FONT-SIZE: smaller; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class=text-small-hilite>by<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A style="COLOR: rgb(50,61,91)" title="Posts by Marcus Noland" href="http://www.piie.com/blogs/nk/?author=16">Marcus Noland</A> | May 13th,
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<P style="DISPLAY: block">Yesterday the Committee on Human Rights in North Korea
released a new report “TAKEN! North Korea’s Criminal Abduction of Citizens of
Other Countries.” (In the interests of full disclosure I am on the
organization’s governing board.) The report has attracted considerable press
attention but is not yet up on the Committee’s<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A style="COLOR: rgb(50,61,91)" href="http://www.hrnk.org/home.htm" target=_blank>website</A>. To remedy this
situation, at least temporarily, I have uploaded<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A style="COLOR: rgb(50,61,91)" href="http://www.piie.com/blogs/TAKEN-Final-Proof.pdf" target=_blank>a pdf of
the report</A>. Please be patient it is a large file and may take a while to
download.</P></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>