Human rights activists in six different countries will launch an anti-Internal Security Act campaign tomorrow in conjunction with the first anniversary of the detention of six Keadilan and reformasi leaders.

National Human Rights Society (Hakam) secretary-general Elizabeth Wong who said this today, added the campaign will see the participation of activists from Hong Kong, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, Denmark, Netherlands and Australia.

The activists would hold demonstrations outside the respective Malaysian consulates and also submit protest memorandums, she told malaysiakini .

According to Wong, there would also be a demonstration outside the Malaysian Airlines (MAS) office in Sydney, Australia.

On the domestic front, she said a memorandum would be submitted to the Malaysian Human Rights Commission or Suhakam at its office in Kuala Lumpur.

We are also planning a gathering in front of the Kamunting Detention Centre (in Perak) on Sunday, she revealed.

Hunger strike

In April last year, police arrested 10 Keadilan leaders and reformasi activists for allegedly planning to overthrow the government via militant means.

Four were later released while the rest s campaign would not only focus on the six but other ISA detainees as well.

We are concentrating on the six but attached to the demands are also that all political prisoners be freed and that the ISA be abolished, she added.

Meanwhile Abolish ISA Movement (GMI) activist, S Arutchelvam told malaysiakini that a hunger strike in front of the Suhakam office would be held to force the commission to act.

We want to push them [Suhakam] to do something and call for their [the detainees] release, he said.

In the wake of last years crackdown, the commission came out with strongly worded statements lambasting the ISA and calling all forms of detention without trial a violation of human rights.

However, this stand incurred the wrath of the government and Suhakam became subject to an array of criticism.

Flimsy grounds

In a press statement released later, DAP chairperson Lim Kit Siang said the detention of the six was based on flimsy grounds.

He added that the government could not even produce an iota of evidence against the detainees.

The flimsiness of the governments allegations against the reformasi six is borne out by the fact that a year after the detentions, the government could not even issue a White Paper to justify the arrests, he said.

In a separate statement, the Womens Agenda for Change (WAC) called on the government to immediately repeal the controversial security law.

We want to tell our government that we can no longer accept them having the power to randomly arrest citizens and place them under cruel and inhumane detention.

The government has cause enough pain to the families and friends of the past and present ISA detainees who are still perishing at the Kamunting Detention Centre, the statement read.

WACs organising committee consists of the Womens Development Collective, All Womens Action Society, Womens Aid Organisation, Jamaah Islam Malaysia, Persatuan Sahabat Malaysia, Sisters In Islam, the Womens Section of the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall and the Metal Industries Employees Union.