GENEVA (13 February 2020) - UN human rights experts* urge the Democratic Peopleโs Republic of Korea (DPRK) to repatriate 11 individuals who were forcibly disappeared 50 years ago after their domestic flight in the Republic of Korea was hijacked.
Korean Air Lines flight YS-11, with 51 people on board, was hijacked on 11 December 1969 and forced to land in the DPRK. Thirty-nine were released on 14 February 1970, but the fate and whereabouts of the remaining 11 passengers and crew is still unknown.
โThis Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of 39 of those on board. It is entirely unacceptable that the families of the remaining 11 individuals have waited 50 long years in limbo with no information about their loved ones,โ said the experts.
โWe call on the DPRK to urgently provide information about their fate and whereabouts and to allow them to freely communicate with their relatives.โโฆโฆ.
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