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"en.20020613.8.4-210"2
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"Mr President, since the attacks of 11 September, the Malaysian Government has stepped up its internal security measures, allegedly against suspected Islamic militants. It increasingly resorts to the use of the Internal Security Act, which allows it to detain people indefinitely without trial if, in the Government's view, they are suspected of threatening national security.
Human rights groups have consistently criticised the abuse of this draconian legislation. The High Court of Malaysia has also called for the Parliament to review its use. This resolution quite correctly calls for the abolition of the Internal Security Act and any other laws that permit detention without trial.
It is also clear that the Government is using the pretext of the crackdown on terrorism as a means of suppressing Government opponents and critics. The repeated use of the Internal Security Act has often been politically motivated and politically selective. It has been used to arrest and detain without trial various members of Malaysian civil society, including opposition leaders, academics, trade unionists and students, frequently without charging them and often denying them access to a lawyer.
The resolution highlights the fact that some 40 political activists have been arrested since 2001 under the Act. The resolution rightly calls for either the release or charging of all political prisoners of conscience, including the six political prisoners specifically named in the resolution, who have been imprisoned for exercising the right to legitimate political organisation and dissent. We want to see them either released or for them to be formally charged and receive an immediate and fair trial.
In conclusion, I would urge that all future political cooperation with Malaysia be conditional upon the Malaysian Government's abolition of the Internal Security Act and also the release of all political prisoners, so that all Malaysians may be assured that their basic human rights as enshrined in their constitution are respected."@en1
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