Tuesday, December 02, 2003

News From KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK: "Meeting against Evil Laws Held in S. Korea
Pyongyang, December 1 (KCNA) -- A meeting was reportedly held in Youido, Seoul on Nov. 27 to 'pass the death sentence on the law on combating terrorism and the law on rally and demonstration,' with at least 70 civic organizations including the National People's Solidarity participating. The declaration read at the meeting denounced the scheme of the 'government' to enact 'a law on combating terrorism' designed to enhance the power of the 'Intelligence Service' and retrogressively revise 'the law on rally and demonstration.'
This is an act to turn back the wheel of history and go back to the days of military dictatorship, it noted.
What must be quickly checked and controlled are the excessive power of the intelligence machine and violence of the police, it said, and added:
The 'government' deserves sharp denunciation for its scheme to frame up evil laws in a bid to suppress people with power and strength, remaining deaf to the demand of the people.
Declaring the evil laws death, we people would fight to the bitter end for human rights and democracy, the declaration said.
Earlier, the organizations held an urgent forum on the theme 'Revision of the law on rally and demonstration and crisis of democracy' to discuss a program of action to prevent the passage of the bill on its revision at the 'national assembly'. "

Just wanted to keep you up to date on the latest from Pyongyang.

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