Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Robert Park (born July 23, 1981) is an ordained minister, musician and human rights activist who went to North Korea on December 25, 2009 to protest against genocide and crimes against humanity allegedly taking place within the country. He is a founding member of the nonpartisan Worldwide Coalition to Stop Genocide in North Korea.Before his involvement with North Korea-related work, Park was active as a missionary in Sonora, Mexico, where he had assisted in the organization and delivery of humanitarian relief over several years.As a victim of North Korean torture, Park is preparing to file a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court under the Torture Victims Protection Act of 1991.His writings on the North Korean human rights situation have been published in the Harvard International Review, The Washington Post, Haaretz, San Jose Mercury News, Asia Times, South China Morning Post, National Post, The Diplomat, World Policy, Columbia Journal of International Affairs, The Hill, Future Korea Journal, The Korea Herald, Korea Times and numerous other publications. He is a contributor to World Affairs Journal.On December 19, 2011, Genocide Watch, an international NGO and human rights watchdog, issued a report confirming that North Korea was actively committing genocide as defined by the UN Genocide Convention quoting heavily from Robert Park's 2011 article for the Asia Times, entitled "North Korea and the Genocide Convention.". }
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- Robert_Park_(activist) abstract "Robert Park (born July 23, 1981) is an ordained minister, musician and human rights activist who went to North Korea on December 25, 2009 to protest against genocide and crimes against humanity allegedly taking place within the country. He is a founding member of the nonpartisan Worldwide Coalition to Stop Genocide in North Korea.Before his involvement with North Korea-related work, Park was active as a missionary in Sonora, Mexico, where he had assisted in the organization and delivery of humanitarian relief over several years.As a victim of North Korean torture, Park is preparing to file a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court under the Torture Victims Protection Act of 1991.His writings on the North Korean human rights situation have been published in the Harvard International Review, The Washington Post, Haaretz, San Jose Mercury News, Asia Times, South China Morning Post, National Post, The Diplomat, World Policy, Columbia Journal of International Affairs, The Hill, Future Korea Journal, The Korea Herald, Korea Times and numerous other publications. He is a contributor to World Affairs Journal.On December 19, 2011, Genocide Watch, an international NGO and human rights watchdog, issued a report confirming that North Korea was actively committing genocide as defined by the UN Genocide Convention quoting heavily from Robert Park's 2011 article for the Asia Times, entitled "North Korea and the Genocide Convention."".