Editing Kim Jong-il (section)

=== Human rights record ===
According to a 2004 Human Rights Watch report, the North Korean government under Kim was "among the world's most repressive governments", having up to 200,000 political prisoners according to U.S. and South Korean officials, and no freedom of the press or religion, political opposition or equal education: "Virtually every aspect of political, social, and economic life is controlled by the government."<ref name = atrocities></ref><ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2004/04/15/speak-out-about-human-rights-north-korea Speak Out About Human Rights In North Korea], Human Rights Watch</ref>

Jong-il's government was accused of [[crimes against humanity]] for its alleged culpability in creating and prolonging the 1990s famine.<ref name = atrocities>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/19/north-korea-kim-jong-ils-legacy-mass-atrocity North Korea: Kim Jong-Il’s Legacy of Mass Atrocity], Human Rights Watch</ref>