The governments of North Korea and China have been labelled as Asia’s “worst culprits” for torture by an Amnesty International media briefing report released on Wednesday.

The report titled “Torture in 2014: 30 Years of Broken Promises” was released as part of Amnesty’s “Stop Torture” campaign which aims to eradicate torture and apply pressure on governments to fulfil obligations within the Convention Against Torture which was adopted by the UN in 1984.

In providing a brief snapshot of the Asia Pacific region the report specifically mentioned North Korea’s infamous gulags saying, “North Korea’s prison camps are very possibly