M’sian gov’t must respect international law

comments     Michelle Yesudas     Published     Updated

COMMENT I came to Geneva to present at a public forum at the UN building amid an intensifying crackdown on civil society in Malaysia, receiving frenzied updates on the increasing number of activists, dissidents, and opposition politicians being arrested and detained at home.

At the UN, Article 19 briefed me on how states, including Malaysia, are gathering to consider how to strengthen efforts to implement Human Rights Council resolution 16/18 – a commitment they made in 2011 to tackle religious intolerance not through censorship but by promoting freedom of expression, freedom of religion or belief, and creating space for genuine dialogue.

On Malaysian shores, our reality is far from the promise of UN resolution 16/18.

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