Office of Anwar Ibrahim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
PRESS
RELEASE
From the Office of Anwar Ibrahim
-- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --
December 9, 2007
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The Sunday morning arrest of eight individuals leading
a peaceful demonstration in observance of International Human Rights day
renders hollow any claims that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has made as to
the laudable condition of Malaysian democracy.
On the contrary, the preposterous notion that this assembly of 100 marchers
posed any threat to public safety offers incontrovertible evidence that the law
is being used in Malaysia to subvert freedom and to suppress the people's
fundamental democratic right to peaceful assembly.
The individuals who have been detained today are among the most patriotic
Malaysian citizens and many have dedicated their life's work to upholding the
Rule of Law. In the absence of any evidence that they planned to jeopardize
the public's safety, their arrest represents nothing more than scare tactics we
have seen used in the past by the Malaysian government as it prepares to
unleash the draconian measures of the Internal Security Act.
The Malaysian people, however, have expressed their disdain for that law
recognizing that it has no place in a country which claims to be democratic. By
raising its spectre, the government has hastened its rapid loss of support
among the electorate.
I call upon the authorities to release all those detained today unconditionally
and with immediate effect. I also call upon the government to end its attack on
the constitutionally sanctioned right to peaceful assembly.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
Office of Anwar Ibrahim
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