- In May 2011 Malaysia was inaugurated to a UN Human Rights Council.
- Malaysia invited a UN Working Group upon Arbitrary Detention to revisit but afterwards attempted to stop civil society member from meeting privately with upon vacation organisation members.
- Malaysia had a first purpose in thwarting a legally contracting Asean instrument for protecting displaced person workers.
- In June, Malaysia as well as Singapore did not opinion in foster of a UN Convention upon Migrant Workers
- US officials emphasised traffic as well as investment, nuclear non-proliferation, as well as informal confidence "but did residence a little concerns" upon tellurian rights, democracy, as well as rule of law.
- In November, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not meet with tellurian rights groups or with Anwar Ibrahim
Photo: ReutersJanji Perubahan Tidak Dipenuhi
Malaysia fell distant reduced during 2011 in meeting Prime Minister Najib Razak's pledges to "uphold civil liberties" as well as build a "functional as well as thorough democracy," pronounced Human Rights Watch in a World Report 2012.
The supervision arbitrarily incarcerated outspoken critics,
teargassed as well as assaulted thousands who peacefully marched in support of purify as well as fair elections, and
replaced long-existing restrictions upon free assembly with even some-more draconian controls.
"This is frequency a 'reform' which Malaysia needs," pronounced Human Rights Watch's emissary Asia director Phil Robertson. "Malaysia's leaders are rowdiness themselves by thinking they can double back upon open promises." The some-more which statute politicians played their game of large talk, little movement a some-more it would backfire.
! The supe rvision had taken a little certain stairs by repealing two intermittently used limiting laws, a Restricted Residence Act as well as a Banishment Act, as well as later revoking puncture proclamations which certified have use of of a Emergency Ordinance.
But this was undone by hasty passage of a Peaceful Assembly Act which bans all marches as well as processions; gives military officials capricious powers over any open meetings; as well as makes so many places out of bounds which conducting a criticism in an civic area will be extremely difficult.
Tens of thousands came in assent for a Bersih rally. The New Shameless Times saw usually a military crackdown upon violence. Bersih 2.0
Starting in late May a supervision systematically targeted Bersih 2.0 leaders as well as followers, spoken it illegal underneath a Societies Act, arrested supporters for wearing Bersih T-shirts, raided a Bersih secretariat, arbitrarily incarcerated leaders of Parti Sosialis Malaysia underneath a Emergency Ordinance, released travel bans to keep Bersih leaders out of Kuala Lumpur, as well as sealed down a projected impetus route.
When these measures failed to stop a march, confidence forces assaulted a pacific demonstrators with teargas as well as chemically infused H2O from H2O cannons, as well as arrested 1,697 people.
More ISA detentions
In November, a supervision used ISA to catch 13 people it accused of being terrorists. Despite a settled intention to dissolution a ISA, a supervision continued to catch a 13 but charging them with specific offenses underneath a Malaysian rapist code.
Anwar Ibrahim
The box against Anwar Ibrahim was politically encouraged as well as tormented with irregularities. During a trial, a charge refused to turn over pass evidence as required by a M! alaysian rapist procedure code. "Anwar's box should never have gone to trial," Robertson said. "Malaysia should stop regulating a old-fashioned sodomy law to slander domestic opponents."
Sex crime
Malaysia should revoke a colonial-era law criminalising consensual same-sex relations. It should reinstate a law upon non-consensual passionate acts with a gender neutral law upon rape. "Malaysia should stop regulating a old-fashioned sodomy law to slander domestic opponents, as well as live up to a status as a member of a United Nations Human Rights Council by repealing all laws which criminalize consensual same-sex relations."
Against refugees as well as displaced person workers
Malaysia done no improvements to a immigration policies, which have no eminence among refugees, haven seekers, trafficking victims, as well as undocumented migrants. A proposed refugee swap agreement with Australia was struck down by Australia's High Court, which pronounced it did not require Malaysia to protect haven seekers. Malaysia lacks needed protections for trafficking victims, as well as displaced person domestic workers sojourn quite vulnerable in part since they are exempt from pass supplies of Malaysia's Employment Act.
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"Malaysia's pass traffic partners, together with a US, a EU, as well as Australia, should remind a supervision which respect for tellurian rights is a core component of a multiplying as well as thorough democracy," Robertson said.
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