Amnesty, HRW take Pakatan to task over human rights reform failure
HRW Asia deputy director Phil Robertson and Amnesty International executive director Shamini Darhsini Kaliemuthu say Putrajaya appears afraid to push for rights reforms since its U-turn on ratifying ICERD. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, May 8, 2019.
PAKATAN Harapan, a year into office, has not proven it is capable of implementing human rights reforms, said Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch . HRW Asia deputy director Phil Robertson called the lack of such reforms in Malaysia “a deep disappointment”, while Amnesty executive director Shamini Darhsini Kaliemuthu said Putrajaya lacks political will.
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