ISA after Mahathir may be worse, predicts report

comments     Claudia Theophilus     Published     Updated

A report on the use and impact of the Internal Security Act (ISA) sees no prospects for abolition of the national security legislation in the immediate future.

The report examines the ISA in light of international obligations and makes several recommendations toward justice for detainees.

It is the outcome of a year-long study conducted by the Joseph R Crowley Program in International Human Rights at Fordham School in New York.

It has been published as a 121-page book, 'Unjust Order: Malaysia's Internal Security Act'. The report was written by Nicole Fritz, who is a fellow of the programme, and Prof Martin Flaherty who led the study.

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Param Cumaraswamy launched the book in Petaling Jaya today, at a ceremony organised by human rights group Suaram.

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