Human rights report card for ‘New Malaysia’

Lack of political will: Pakatan reneged on their promises to ratify crucial international treaties in their election manifesto including Icerd after some groups protested against the anti-discrimination law.

ONE year after the new Pakatan Harapan government has come into office, we find that human rights in Malaysia continue to be perverted because of apparent lack of political will to significantly reform the old Malaysian institutionalised politics of racism and racial discrimination.

It is disappointing to say the least, that Pakatan reneged on their promises to ratify crucial international treaties in their