An American university has denied it played any role in the moving of an event about North Korean refugees off its campus in order to placate a 20-strong delegation of visiting Chinese judges.
Writing for the Korea Times last week, North Korea human rights activist Casey Lartigue Jr. claimed the 20 judges had said they would feel "uncomfortable" with him speaking about North Korean refugees at the school at the same time as their visit.
An American university has denied it played any role in the moving of an event about North Korean refugees off its campus in order to placate a 20-strong delegation of visiting Chinese judges.
Writing for the Korea Times last week, North Korea human rights activist Casey Lartigue Jr. claimed the 20 judges had said they would feel "uncomfortable" with him speaking about North Korean refugees at the school at the same time as their visit.
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