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Phil Robertson

Phil Robertson is deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

North Korean shepherds sit by the Yalu River banks near the town of Sinuiju across from the Chinese border town of Dandong.
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China's Refusal of North Korean Defectors Is Enabling a Growing Human Rights Crisis

Amid international attention on Pyongyang's missile tests, there is another life-threatening crisis emanating from North Korea that few are watching.

By Phil Robertson