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Malaysias wonderful achievements in human rights

In May 2011 Malaysia was inaugurated to the UN Human Rights Council.
Malaysia invited the UN Working Group upon Arbitrary Detention to visit but then attempted to stop civil society part of from assembly secretly with upon vacation organisation members.
Malaysia had the primary role in thwarting the legally binding Asean instrument for safeguarding migrant workers.
In June, Malaysia as well as Singapore did not vote in foster of the UN Convention upon Migrant Workers
US officials emphasised traffic as well as investment, chief non-proliferation, as well as informal confidence "but did address some concerns" upon tellurian rights, democracy, as well as order of law.
In November, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not encounter with tellurian rights groups or with Anwar Ibrahim

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Malaysia fell far reduced during 2011 in assembly Prime Minister Najib Razak's pledges to "uphold civil liberties" as well as set up the "functional as well as thorough democracy," pronounced Human Rights Watch in the World Report 2012.

The supervision arbitrarily detained outspoken critics,
teargassed as well as assaulted thousands who peacefully marched in await of clean as well as fair elections, and
transposed long-existing restrictions upon free assembly with even some-more draconian controls.

"This is hardly the 'reform' that Malaysia needs," pronounced Human Rights Watch's emissary Asia executive Phil Robertson. "Malaysia's leaders have been rowdiness themselves by meditative they can backtrack upon open promises." The some-more that ruling politicians played their diversion of large talk, small action the some-more it would backfire.

The supervision had ta! ken some certain steps by repealing dual infrequently used limiting laws, the Restricted Residence Act as well as the Banishment Act, as well as later revoking puncture proclamations that authorised have use of of the Emergency Ordinance.

But this was undone by hasty passage of the Peaceful Assembly Act that 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 that conducting the protest in an urban area will be extremely difficult.

Tens of thousands came in assent for the Bersih rally. The New Shameless Times saw usually the military crackdown upon violence.

Bersih 2.0

Starting in late May the supervision systematically targeted Bersih 2.0 leaders as well as followers, spoken it illegal underneath the Societies Act, arrested supporters for wearing Bersih T-shirts, raided the Bersih secretariat, arbitrarily detained leaders of Parti Sosialis Malaysia underneath the Emergency Ordinance, released travel bans to keep Bersih leaders out of Kuala Lumpur, as well as sealed down the projected impetus route.

When these measures unsuccessful to stop the march, confidence forces assaulted the pacific demonstrators with teargas as well as chemically infused water from water cannons, as well as arrested 1,697 people.

More ISA detentions

In November, the supervision used ISA to catch 13 people it accused of being terrorists. Despite the settled intention to dissolution the ISA, the supervision continued to catch the 13 without charging them with specific offenses underneath the Malaysian criminal code.

Anwar Ibrahim

The case opposite Anwar Ibrahim was politically motivated as well as tormented with irregularities. During the trial, the charge refused to spin over pass ev! idence a s required by the Malaysian criminal procession code. "Anwar's case should never have left to trial," Robertson said. "Malaysia should stop regulating the old-fashioned sodomy law to slander domestic opponents."

Sex crime

Malaysia should revoke the colonial-era law criminalising consensual same-sex relations. It should reinstate the law upon non-consensual sexual acts with the gender neutral law upon rape. "Malaysia should stop regulating the old-fashioned sodomy law to slander domestic opponents, as well as live up to the standing as the part of of the United Nations Human Rights Council by repealing all laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relations."

Against refugees as well as migrant workers

Malaysia done no improvements to the immigration policies, that have no eminence among refugees, haven seekers, trafficking victims, as well as undocumented migrants. A due interloper swap agreement with Australia was struck down by Australia's High Court, that pronounced it did not require Malaysia to strengthen haven seekers. Malaysia lacks needed protections for trafficking victims, as well as migrant domestic workers sojourn particularly exposed in part because they have been exempt from pass provisions of Malaysia's Employment Act.

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"Malaysia's pass traffic partners, including the US, the EU, as well as Australia, should remind the supervision that apply oneself for tellurian rights is the core component of the flourishing as well as thorough democracy," Robertson said.

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