SARANGBANG Group for Human Rights

Group for Human Rights Is an independent non-governmental organization to expand the base of human rights advocacy to spread human rights viewpoints to every corner of society to popularize and internationalize human rights advocacy to build a progressive human rights movement While at the same time the universality of human rights is kept in mind, Sarangbang thinks about the progressive side of human rights conception that changes in sync with the history of mankind.

History : Jun 1992 A group of human rights activists starts study sessions, a precursor of Sarangbang, on human rights activism. Mar 1993 Sarangbang forms 'Sarangbang' is a Korean equivalent of 'meeting room' and this name was chosen so that anyone with an interest in human rights may join freely. 7 Sep 1993 Sarangbang publishes Human Rights Daily, the first newspaper specialized in human rights in Korea. Jan 1994 initiated 1995 Sarangbang joins the Coalition for the Rights of the Child as an executive member, Writing and editing of the 1st NGOs Counter Reporter on the Convention on the Rights of the Child Nov 1996 Sarangbang holds the first Seoul Human Rights Film Festival Jul 1997 Sarangbang builds Human Rights Resources Database 5 Nov 1997 marks the 1000th issue. on the same day, Joon-shik Suh, director of Sarangbang is arrested on the charge of holding human rights film festival Feb 1998 Suh is released on a bail. Dec 2000 Sarangbang found the Institute for Human Rights Movement as an attached organization. 28 Dec 2000 ∼9 Jan 2001 13 days hunger strike for the abolishment of the National Security Law and the establishment of the National Human Rights Commission