In Jae-keun

In Jae-keun is a South Korean democracy activist. In 1985, her husband Kim Geun-tae was arrested and tortured by the government of Chun Doo-hwan for his pro-democracy activism.^[1] In 1987, In was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award along with her husband for her role in publicly exposing his detention and torture.^[2]

References

↑ "Mr. Geun Tae Kim: Minister Ministry of Health and Welfare". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
↑ "1987: Kim Keun Tae & In Jae Keun, South Korea". Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureates

CoMadres (1984)
Allan Boesak, Beyers Naudé, Winnie Mandela (1985)
Zbigniew Bujak, Adam Michnik (1986)
Kim Geun-tae, In Jae-keun (1987)
Gibson Kamau Kuria (1988)
Fang Lizhi (1989)
Amílcar Méndez Urízar (1990)
Avigdor Feldman, Raji Sourani (1991)
Chakufwa Chihana (1992)
Bambang Widjojanto (1993)
Wei Jingsheng, Ren Wanding (1994)
Kailash Satyarthi, Đoàn Viết Hoạt, Nguyễn Đan Quế (1995)
Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Şenal Sarıhan (1997)
Berenice Celeyta, Gloria Florez, Jaime Prieto Mendez, Mario Calixto (1998)
Michael Kpakala Francis (1999)
Martin Macwan (2000)
Darci Frigo (2001)
Loune Viaud (2002)
Coalition of Immokalee Workers (2003)
Delphine Djiraibe (2004)
Stephen Bradberry (2005)
Sonia Pierre (2006)
Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah (2007)
Aminatou Haidar (2008)
WOZA (2009)
Abel Barrera Hernández (2010)
Frank Mugisha (2011)
Librada Paz (2012)

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