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| Southeast Asia |
| HRW and Amnestia Intl denounce Malaysia for deporting tweeter |
| 2012-02-13 |
| Malaysia's government on Monday defended its decision to deport a young Saudi journalist 23 year old Hamza Kashgari, a muslim of Uyghur descent who, on Feb 10, tweeted the following, "On your birthday, I will say that I have loved the rebel in you, that you've always been a source of inspiration to me, and that I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you. who may face persecution at home for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter. HRW view Human Rights Watch slammed Malaysia's failure to respect human rights. It said Kashgari was kept incommunicado and denied access to lawyers and the U.N. refugee agency. Police also told lawyers that Kashgari was still being held after he already had been forced on a plane, it said. "By its actions, the ministry of home affairs once again showed that it believes rule of law is whatever it says and that it is more than willing to be totally opaque in its operations to maintain its flexibility to do what it wants when it wants," said Phil Robertson, its Asia deputy director. "If he (Kashgari) faces execution back in Saudi Arabia, the Malaysian government will have blood on its hands," he said. Amnesty Intl view Amnesty International has called Kashgari a "prisoner of conscience." |
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| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-02-13 14:31 |