Viking11
Banned
- Joined
- May 2, 2016
- Messages
- 174
- Reaction score
- 60
- Location
- New Hampshire
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Other
This one-party state ruled by the autocratic regime of the president and his small circle of senior advisers and military commanders is widely considered one of the world’s most repressive. Corruption is a major problem. The politicized and understaffed judiciary has never ruled against the government. Protection of property rights is poor. The state often expropriates private property without notice, explanation, or compensation. Freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association are severely restricted. Less than 1% of the population has access to the internet. Those that practice "unregistered" religions, criticize the government, try to flee the nation, or escape military duty are arrested and put into prison. In 2015, a 500-page UNHRC report detailed allegations of extrajudicial executions, torture, indefinitely prolonged national service and forced labor, and indicated that sexual harassment, rape and prolonged sexual servitude by state officials are also widespread.