A human rights report revealed the harrowing treatment of female North Korean defectors in China, including being sold as sex slaves and physically abused.
A human rights law firm estimates that half a million women and young girls are at critical risk of extreme human rights violations including systematic rape, sexual slavery and forced pregnancy.
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