Pakatan's human rights reforms a 'profound disappointment', says Human Rights Watch


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 08 May 2019

PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan's reforms on the human rights front a year after coming into power have been a “profound disappointment”, says the Human Rights Watch.

Its deputy Asia director Phil Robertson said that while they were excited by the reform pledges in Pakatan's manifesto, the government has done little to fulfil its promises and had even back-pedalled.

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