Malaysia has intensified a crackdown on free speech and dissent ahead of Barack Obama’s arrival on Friday for a high-profile summit, campaigners have said.
The daughter of a jailed opposition leader and human rights activists have called on Mr Obama to raise the country’s human rights record with his host.
Najib Razak, the embattled prime minister, may have hoped for some respite from his domestic political woes and a deepening financial controversy during the summit with the US president and other Asian leaders.
But domestic activists and international campaigners have maintained the focus on Malaysian’s human rights crackdown as Mr Obama arrives on Friday for the meeting between the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) and the US.
Mr Najib’s government has reportedly used criminal defamation and sedition laws to prosecute activists, journalists and opposition leaders in the run-up to the ASEAN summit in an attempt to quell dissent. Full story...
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The daughter of a jailed opposition leader and human rights activists have called on Mr Obama to raise the country’s human rights record with his host.
Najib Razak, the embattled prime minister, may have hoped for some respite from his domestic political woes and a deepening financial controversy during the summit with the US president and other Asian leaders.
But domestic activists and international campaigners have maintained the focus on Malaysian’s human rights crackdown as Mr Obama arrives on Friday for the meeting between the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) and the US.
Mr Najib’s government has reportedly used criminal defamation and sedition laws to prosecute activists, journalists and opposition leaders in the run-up to the ASEAN summit in an attempt to quell dissent. Full story...
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