Detained Americans Fast Facts

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Updated 1657 GMT (0057 HKT) June 18, 2020

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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/asia/north-korea-american-hard-labor/index.html" target="_blank">Kim Dong Chul,</a> a South Korean-born American citizen detained in North Korea, is escorted to his trial April 29 in Pyongyang. A North Korean court sentenced Kim to 10 years in prison for what it called acts of subversion and espionage. North Korea watchers interpret the detainment of Americans and other foreign citizens as a collection of bargaining chips by the reclusive regime.
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Kim Dong Chul, a South Korean-born American citizen detained in North Korea, is escorted to his trial April 29 in Pyongyang. A North Korean court sentenced Kim to 10 years in prison for what it called acts of subversion and espionage. North Korea watchers interpret the detainment of Americans and other foreign citizens as a collection of bargaining chips by the reclusive regime.
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/asia/north-korea-american-hard-labor/index.html">University of Virginia student Otto Frederick Warmbier </a>was detained by North Korea after being accused of carrying out "a hostile act" against the government, state media reported. In March, he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly removing a political banner from a Pyongyang hotel.
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University of Virginia student Otto Frederick Warmbier was detained by North Korea after being accused of carrying out "a hostile act" against the government, state media reported. In March, he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly removing a political banner from a Pyongyang hotel.
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Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tehran, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/16/middleeast/iran-jason-rezaian-prisoners-freed/index.html">was released</a> January 16 as part of a prisoner swap. Rezaian <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/12/media/jason-rezaian-iran-guilty-verdict/index.html">was convicted by an Iranian Revolutionary Court</a> in October, according to Iran's state-run media. Rezaian was reportedly facing up to 20 years, but the sentence was not specified. The journalist was taken into custody in July 2014 and later charged with espionage; the Post has denied all allegations against him. His wife, Yeganeh Salehi, also was detained in July 2014 but later released.
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Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tehran, was released January 16 as part of a prisoner swap. Rezaian was convicted by an Iranian Revolutionary Court in October, according to Iran's state-run media. Rezaian was reportedly facing up to 20 years, but the sentence was not specified. The journalist was taken into custody in July 2014 and later charged with espionage; the Post has denied all allegations against him. His wife, Yeganeh Salehi, also was detained in July 2014 but later released.
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