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	<ref>North Korean Christians. "Unveiling Tim Peters" URL:http://www.northkoreanchristians.com/tim-peters.html. Accessed: 2010-07-20. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5rNLvKDog)</ref>		<ref>North Korean Christians. "Unveiling Tim Peters" URL:http://www.northkoreanchristians.com/tim-peters.html. Accessed: 2010-07-20. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5rNLvKDog)</ref>
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	==References==		==References==

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-Helping Hands Korea (HHK) is a non-denominational Christian NGO based in East Asia that is not affiliated with any religious, charitable or political organization that includes the  name 'Family.' That is, HHK is NOT affiliated with [[The Family International]], Focus on the Family, Family Care Foundation, The Family (political network) etc. Posting this fact has become necessary in light of the unfortunate presence of highly defamatory, slanderous and misleading information posted on the Internet about HHK and its founder.<ref>[http://www.helpinghandskorea.org/who-were-not/ Helping Hands Korea - Who We're Not] (accessdate 2010-07-15).</ref>
+Helping Hands Korea (HHK) is a non-denominational Christian NGO based in East Asia that is not affiliated with any religious, charitable or political organization that includes the  name 'Family.' That is, HHK is NOT affiliated with [[The Family International]], Focus on the Family, Family Care Foundation, The Family (political network) etc. Posting this fact has become necessary in light of the unfortunate presence of highly defamatory, slanderous and misleading information posted on the Internet about HHK and its founder.<ref>Helping Hands Korea. "Who We're Not" URL:http://www.helpinghandskorea.org/who-were-not/. Accessed: 2010-07-20. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5rNNJD84l).</ref>
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	The Rev. '''Timothy A. Peters''', an American humanitarian aid worker living in Seoul, South Korea, operates [[Helping Hands Korea]], <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070403104942/http://www.familycare.org/network/p01.htm Helping Hands Korea] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> a part of the [[Family Care Network]],<ref>[http://www.familycare.org/whatwedo/about.htm About Family Care Foundation] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> and is widely regarded one of the world's foremost advocates for human rights in North Korea.<sup>citation needed</sup> Conversely, he was also on open record as an admitted <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030731180440/http://www.newdaynews.com/crossfire/index.cgi/noframes/read/24240 Tim Peter proudly admits to being member of The Family] — [[NewDaysNews]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref><ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/hist/pseudonyms_footnotes.shtml Pseudonyms Footnotes] — on [http://www.exfamily.org exFamily.org] (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref> member of [[Children of God]]/"[[The Family International]]"<ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/the-family/Tim-Peters.shtml Tim Peters Helping Hands Korea - member of notorious cult?] — on exFamily.org website (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref>, a controversial group widely known as a sex cult with a history of human rights violations<ref>[[Complete_Judgment_of_Lord_Justice_Ward#The_United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child]]</ref>, and the Family Care Foundation to which he is linked is an organization with inextricable ties to the same cult.<ref>[http://archive.xfamily.org/www.movingon.org/documents/FamilyCareFoundation-TheFamilyCOG.pdf Family Care Foundation and The Family / Children of God] — [[MovingOn]] website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_God#Programs.2C_projects.2C_and_productions Children of God / Programs, Projects and Productions] — Wikipedia website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref>		The Rev. '''Timothy A. Peters''', an American humanitarian aid worker living in Seoul, South Korea, operates [[Helping Hands Korea]], <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070403104942/http://www.familycare.org/network/p01.htm Helping Hands Korea] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> a part of the [[Family Care Network]],<ref>[http://www.familycare.org/whatwedo/about.htm About Family Care Foundation] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> and is widely regarded one of the world's foremost advocates for human rights in North Korea.<sup>citation needed</sup> Conversely, he was also on open record as an admitted <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030731180440/http://www.newdaynews.com/crossfire/index.cgi/noframes/read/24240 Tim Peter proudly admits to being member of The Family] — [[NewDaysNews]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref><ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/hist/pseudonyms_footnotes.shtml Pseudonyms Footnotes] — on [http://www.exfamily.org exFamily.org] (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref> member of [[Children of God]]/"[[The Family International]]"<ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/the-family/Tim-Peters.shtml Tim Peters Helping Hands Korea - member of notorious cult?] — on exFamily.org website (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref>, a controversial group widely known as a sex cult with a history of human rights violations<ref>[[Complete_Judgment_of_Lord_Justice_Ward#The_United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child]]</ref>, and the [[Family Care Foundation]] to which he is linked is an organization with inextricable ties to the same cult.<ref>[http://archive.xfamily.org/www.movingon.org/documents/FamilyCareFoundation-TheFamilyCOG.pdf Family Care Foundation and The Family / Children of God] — [[MovingOn]] website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_God#Programs.2C_projects.2C_and_productions Children of God / Programs, Projects and Productions] — Wikipedia website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref>

	Peters originally came to Korea in 1975 and soon became an opponent of South Korea's military dictatorship. The military regime of President Chun Doo-hwan later expelled him from South Korea for handing out anti-government leaflets. He returned to South Korea in the late [[1980s]]. Later, when North Korea's disfavored classes were struck by a famine that ultimately killed an estimated 2.5 million people,<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2001/11/26/defining-genocide-down/ Defining Genocide Down] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2001-11-26 (accessdate 2006-07-09)</ref>. Peters established the Ton a Month Club to help feed the North Korean people. He founded Helping Hands Korea in 1996, and later became an activist in the "underground railroad," helping North Korean refugees to escape to South Korea or other countries via China. Sometimes, Peters personally participated in these clandestine missions inside China. As it was the policy of the Chinese government that the North Koreans were in fact economic migrants, the refugees and those assisting them were subject to arrest and lengthy detentions in Chinese jails. The refugees themselves would be deported back to North Korea, which considers defection to be a capital offense. China's policy was criticized by the U.N. Special Rapporteur in a 2005 report that described the North Korean escapees as "refugees sur place,"<ref>http://www.nkfreedomhouse.org/NK_Freedom_Watch_Issue_2.pdf#search='Vitit%20refugees%20sur%20place'</ref>, putting the Chinese position in violation of its obligations under the 1951 Convention on Refugees,<ref>http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/v1crs.htm</ref> which China signed.		Peters originally came to Korea in 1975 and soon became an opponent of South Korea's military dictatorship. The military regime of President Chun Doo-hwan later expelled him from South Korea for handing out anti-government leaflets. He returned to South Korea in the late [[1980s]]. Later, when North Korea's disfavored classes were struck by a famine that ultimately killed an estimated 2.5 million people,<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2001/11/26/defining-genocide-down/ Defining Genocide Down] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2001-11-26 (accessdate 2006-07-09)</ref>. Peters established the Ton a Month Club to help feed the North Korean people. He founded Helping Hands Korea in 1996, and later became an activist in the "underground railroad", helping North Korean refugees to escape to South Korea or other countries via China. Sometimes, Peters personally participated in these clandestine missions inside China. As it was the policy of the Chinese government that the North Koreans were in fact economic migrants, the refugees and those assisting them were subject to arrest and lengthy detentions in Chinese jails. The refugees themselves would be deported back to North Korea, which considers defection to be a capital offense. China's policy was criticized by the U.N. Special Rapporteur in a 2005 report that described the North Korean escapees as "refugees sur place,"<ref>http://www.nkfreedomhouse.org/NK_Freedom_Watch_Issue_2.pdf#search='Vitit%20refugees%20sur%20place'</ref>, putting the Chinese position in violation of its obligations under the 1951 Convention on Refugees,<ref>http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/v1crs.htm</ref> which China signed.

	Rev. Peters was featured in the CNN documentary "Undercover in the Secret State"<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/nkorea.hiddenvideo/ Video shows executions, life inside North Korea] — by CNN, 2005-11-14 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref><ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2005/11/14/undercover-in-the-secret-state-must-viewing/ "Undercover in the Secret State": Must Viewing] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2005-11-14 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> in 2005. He testified about human rights conditions facing North Korean refugees before the U.S. Congress in 2005,<ref>http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/109/pet102705.pdf</ref> and was recently featured in a lengthy article in Time Asia<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501060501/index.html Long Walk to Freedom] — by ''TIMEasia Magazine'', 2006-04-24 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref>. His work has also been featured in numerous newspaper articles.<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2004/12/30/the-korea-herald-on-tim-peters/ The Korea Herald on Tim Peters] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2004-12-30 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> By early 2006, Rev. Peters had become an outspoken critic of the UNHCR,<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/international/25nations.html?</ref> and of the U.S. State Department, which human rights activists accused of foot-dragging and reluctance to assist North Korean refugees hiding in Asia, despite the statutory requirements of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004.<ref>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ333.108</ref> Peters's public activism played a key role in the U.S. decision to admit the first six North Korean refugees into the United States in May 2006.<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2006/05/06/us-grants-asylum-for-six-dprk-refugees/ U.S. Grants Asylum for Six DPRK Refugees] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2006-05-06 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref>		Rev. Peters was featured in the CNN documentary "Undercover in the Secret State"<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/nkorea.hiddenvideo/ Video shows executions, life inside North Korea] — by CNN, 2005-11-14 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref><ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2005/11/14/undercover-in-the-secret-state-must-viewing/ "Undercover in the Secret State": Must Viewing] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2005-11-14 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> in 2005. He testified about human rights conditions facing North Korean refugees before the U.S. Congress in 2005,<ref>http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/109/pet102705.pdf</ref> and was recently featured in a lengthy article in Time Asia<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501060501/index.html Long Walk to Freedom] — by ''TIMEasia Magazine'', 2006-04-24 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref>. His work has also been featured in numerous newspaper articles.<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2004/12/30/the-korea-herald-on-tim-peters/ The Korea Herald on Tim Peters] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2004-12-30 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> By early 2006, Rev. Peters had become an outspoken critic of the UNHCR,<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/international/25nations.html?</ref> and of the U.S. State Department, which human rights activists accused of foot-dragging and reluctance to assist North Korean refugees hiding in Asia, despite the statutory requirements of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004.<ref>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ333.108</ref> Peters's public activism played a key role in the U.S. decision to admit the first six North Korean refugees into the United States in May 2006.<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2006/05/06/us-grants-asylum-for-six-dprk-refugees/ U.S. Grants Asylum for Six DPRK Refugees] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2006-05-06 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref>

			==Statements==
			<blockquote>
			Helping Hands Korea (HHK) is a non-denominational Christian NGO based in East Asia that is not affiliated with any religious, charitable or political organization that includes the name 'Family.' That is, HHK is NOT affiliated with [[The Family International]], Focus on the Family, Family Care Foundation, The Family (political network) etc. Posting this fact has become necessary in light of the unfortunate presence of highly defamatory, slanderous and misleading information posted on the Internet about HHK and its founder.<ref>[http://www.helpinghandskorea.org/who-were-not/ Helping Hands Korea - Who We're Not] (accessdate 2010-07-15).</ref>
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	==References==		==References==
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			==External links==
			*[http://www.helpinghandskorea.org/ Helping Hands Korea]

	[[Category:Current and Former Members]]		[[Category:Current and Former Members]]

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	The Rev. '''Timothy A. Peters''', an American humanitarian aid worker living in Seoul, South Korea, operates [[Helping Hands Korea]], <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070403104942/http://www.familycare.org/network/p01.htm Helping Hands Korea] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> a part of the [[Family Care Network]],<ref>[http://www.familycare.org/whatwedo/about.htm About Family Care Foundation] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> and is widely regarded one of the world's foremost advocates for human rights in North Korea.<sup>citation needed</sup> Conversely, he was also on open record as an admitted <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030731180440/http://www.newdaynews.com/crossfire/index.cgi/noframes/read/24240 Tim Peter proudly admits to being member of The Family] — [[NewDaysNews]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref><ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/hist/pseudonyms_footnotes.shtml Pseudonyms Footnotes] — on [http://www.exfamily.org exFamily.org] (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref> member of [[Children of God]]/"[[The Family International]]"<ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/the-family/Tim-Peters.shtml Tim Peters Helping Hands Korea - member of notorious cult?] — on exFamily.org website (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref>, a controversial group widely known as a sex cult with a history of human rights violations<ref>[[Complete_Judgment_of_Lord_Justice_Ward#The_United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child]]</ref>, and the Family Care Foundation to which he is linked is an organization with inextricable ties to the same cult.<ref>[http://www.movingon.org/documents/FamilyCareFoundation-TheFamilyCOG.pdf Family Care Foundation and The Family / Children of God] — [[MovingOn]] website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_God#Programs.2C_projects.2C_and_productions Children of God / Programs, Projects and Productions] — Wikipedia website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref>		The Rev. '''Timothy A. Peters''', an American humanitarian aid worker living in Seoul, South Korea, operates [[Helping Hands Korea]], <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070403104942/http://www.familycare.org/network/p01.htm Helping Hands Korea] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> a part of the [[Family Care Network]],<ref>[http://www.familycare.org/whatwedo/about.htm About Family Care Foundation] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> and is widely regarded one of the world's foremost advocates for human rights in North Korea.<sup>citation needed</sup> Conversely, he was also on open record as an admitted <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030731180440/http://www.newdaynews.com/crossfire/index.cgi/noframes/read/24240 Tim Peter proudly admits to being member of The Family] — [[NewDaysNews]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref><ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/hist/pseudonyms_footnotes.shtml Pseudonyms Footnotes] — on [http://www.exfamily.org exFamily.org] (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref> member of [[Children of God]]/"[[The Family International]]"<ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/the-family/Tim-Peters.shtml Tim Peters Helping Hands Korea - member of notorious cult?] — on exFamily.org website (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref>, a controversial group widely known as a sex cult with a history of human rights violations<ref>[[Complete_Judgment_of_Lord_Justice_Ward#The_United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child]]</ref>, and the Family Care Foundation to which he is linked is an organization with inextricable ties to the same cult.<ref>[http://archive.xfamily.org/www.movingon.org/documents/FamilyCareFoundation-TheFamilyCOG.pdf Family Care Foundation and The Family / Children of God] — [[MovingOn]] website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_God#Programs.2C_projects.2C_and_productions Children of God / Programs, Projects and Productions] — Wikipedia website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref>

	Peters originally came to Korea in 1975 and soon became an opponent of South Korea's military dictatorship. The military regime of President Chun Doo-hwan later expelled him from South Korea for handing out anti-government leaflets. He returned to South Korea in the late [[1980s]]. Later, when North Korea's disfavored classes were struck by a famine that ultimately killed an estimated 2.5 million people,<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2001/11/26/defining-genocide-down/ Defining Genocide Down] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2001-11-26 (accessdate 2006-07-09)</ref>. Peters established the Ton a Month Club to help feed the North Korean people. He founded Helping Hands Korea in 1996, and later became an activist in the "underground railroad," helping North Korean refugees to escape to South Korea or other countries via China. Sometimes, Peters personally participated in these clandestine missions inside China. As it was the policy of the Chinese government that the North Koreans were in fact economic migrants, the refugees and those assisting them were subject to arrest and lengthy detentions in Chinese jails. The refugees themselves would be deported back to North Korea, which considers defection to be a capital offense. China's policy was criticized by the U.N. Special Rapporteur in a 2005 report that described the North Korean escapees as "refugees sur place,"<ref>http://www.nkfreedomhouse.org/NK_Freedom_Watch_Issue_2.pdf#search='Vitit%20refugees%20sur%20place'</ref>, putting the Chinese position in violation of its obligations under the 1951 Convention on Refugees,<ref>http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/v1crs.htm</ref> which China signed.		Peters originally came to Korea in 1975 and soon became an opponent of South Korea's military dictatorship. The military regime of President Chun Doo-hwan later expelled him from South Korea for handing out anti-government leaflets. He returned to South Korea in the late [[1980s]]. Later, when North Korea's disfavored classes were struck by a famine that ultimately killed an estimated 2.5 million people,<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2001/11/26/defining-genocide-down/ Defining Genocide Down] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2001-11-26 (accessdate 2006-07-09)</ref>. Peters established the Ton a Month Club to help feed the North Korean people. He founded Helping Hands Korea in 1996, and later became an activist in the "underground railroad," helping North Korean refugees to escape to South Korea or other countries via China. Sometimes, Peters personally participated in these clandestine missions inside China. As it was the policy of the Chinese government that the North Koreans were in fact economic migrants, the refugees and those assisting them were subject to arrest and lengthy detentions in Chinese jails. The refugees themselves would be deported back to North Korea, which considers defection to be a capital offense. China's policy was criticized by the U.N. Special Rapporteur in a 2005 report that described the North Korean escapees as "refugees sur place,"<ref>http://www.nkfreedomhouse.org/NK_Freedom_Watch_Issue_2.pdf#search='Vitit%20refugees%20sur%20place'</ref>, putting the Chinese position in violation of its obligations under the 1951 Convention on Refugees,<ref>http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/v1crs.htm</ref> which China signed.

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The Rev. '''Timothy A. Peters''', an American humanitarian aid worker living in Seoul, South Korea, operates [[Helping Hands Korea]], <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070403104942/http://www.familycare.org/network/p01.htm Helping Hands Korea] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> a part of the [[Family Care Network]],<ref>[http://www.familycare.org/whatwedo/about.htm About Family Care Foundation] — on [[Family Care Foundation]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> and is widely regarded one of the world's foremost advocates for human rights in North Korea.<sup>citation needed</sup> Conversely, he was also on open record as an admitted <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030731180440/http://www.newdaynews.com/crossfire/index.cgi/noframes/read/24240 Tim Peter proudly admits to being member of The Family] — [[NewDaysNews]] website (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref><ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/hist/pseudonyms_footnotes.shtml Pseudonyms Footnotes] — on [http://www.exfamily.org exFamily.org] (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref> member of [[Children of God]]/"[[The Family International]]"<ref>[http://www.exfamily.org/the-family/Tim-Peters.shtml Tim Peters Helping Hands Korea - member of notorious cult?] — on exFamily.org website (accessdate 2006-11-08).</ref>, a controversial group widely known as a sex cult with a history of human rights violations<ref>[[Complete_Judgment_of_Lord_Justice_Ward#The_United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child]]</ref>, and the Family Care Foundation to which he is linked is an organization with inextricable ties to the same cult.<ref>[http://www.movingon.org/documents/FamilyCareFoundation-TheFamilyCOG.pdf Family Care Foundation and The Family / Children of God] — [[MovingOn]] website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_God#Programs.2C_projects.2C_and_productions Children of God / Programs, Projects and Productions] — Wikipedia website (accessdate 2006-11-08)</ref>

Peters originally came to Korea in 1975 and soon became an opponent of South Korea's military dictatorship. The military regime of President Chun Doo-hwan later expelled him from South Korea for handing out anti-government leaflets. He returned to South Korea in the late [[1980s]]. Later, when North Korea's disfavored classes were struck by a famine that ultimately killed an estimated 2.5 million people,<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2001/11/26/defining-genocide-down/ Defining Genocide Down] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2001-11-26 (accessdate 2006-07-09)</ref>. Peters established the Ton a Month Club to help feed the North Korean people. He founded Helping Hands Korea in 1996, and later became an activist in the "underground railroad," helping North Korean refugees to escape to South Korea or other countries via China. Sometimes, Peters personally participated in these clandestine missions inside China. As it was the policy of the Chinese government that the North Koreans were in fact economic migrants, the refugees and those assisting them were subject to arrest and lengthy detentions in Chinese jails. The refugees themselves would be deported back to North Korea, which considers defection to be a capital offense. China's policy was criticized by the U.N. Special Rapporteur in a 2005 report that described the North Korean escapees as "refugees sur place,"<ref>http://www.nkfreedomhouse.org/NK_Freedom_Watch_Issue_2.pdf#search='Vitit%20refugees%20sur%20place'</ref>, putting the Chinese position in violation of its obligations under the 1951 Convention on Refugees,<ref>http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/v1crs.htm</ref> which China signed.

Rev. Peters was featured in the CNN documentary "Undercover in the Secret State"<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/nkorea.hiddenvideo/ Video shows executions, life inside North Korea] — by CNN, 2005-11-14 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref><ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2005/11/14/undercover-in-the-secret-state-must-viewing/ "Undercover in the Secret State": Must Viewing] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2005-11-14 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> in 2005. He testified about human rights conditions facing North Korean refugees before the U.S. Congress in 2005,<ref>http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/109/pet102705.pdf</ref> and was recently featured in a lengthy article in Time Asia<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501060501/index.html Long Walk to Freedom] — by ''TIMEasia Magazine'', 2006-04-24 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref>. His work has also been featured in numerous newspaper articles.<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2004/12/30/the-korea-herald-on-tim-peters/ The Korea Herald on Tim Peters] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2004-12-30 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref> By early 2006, Rev. Peters had become an outspoken critic of the UNHCR,<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/international/25nations.html?</ref> and of the U.S. State Department, which human rights activists accused of foot-dragging and reluctance to assist North Korean refugees hiding in Asia, despite the statutory requirements of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004.<ref>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ333.108</ref> Peters's public activism played a key role in the U.S. decision to admit the first six North Korean refugees into the United States in May 2006.<ref>[http://www.korealiberator.org/2006/05/06/us-grants-asylum-for-six-dprk-refugees/ U.S. Grants Asylum for Six DPRK Refugees] — by ''The Korea Liberator'', 2006-05-06 (accessdate 2006-07-09).</ref>

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Current and Former Members]]