GMI (Movement for the abolition ISA) Website.
GMI welcomes the release of the seventeen as they have not been proven guilty by any open court in Malaysia . We believe that the release of the detainees is the result of the persistent and continuous campaigns to demand for the abolition of the ISA. Furthermore the release of three 6-year detainees Yazid Bin Suffat, Sulaiman Bin Suramin and Abdul Murad Bin Sudin from the ISA is a victory for the recently-launched campaign, “Free 6-year ISA detainees” (Kempen Bebaskan Tahanan 6-tahun ISA), which is one of the main factors that catalyzed the process of their release.
GMI welcomes the release of the seventeen as they have not been proven guilty by any open court in Malaysia . We believe that the release of the detainees is the result of the persistent and continuous campaigns to demand for the abolition of the ISA. Furthermore the release of three 6-year detainees Yazid Bin Suffat, Sulaiman Bin Suramin and Abdul Murad Bin Sudin from the ISA is a victory for the recently-launched campaign, “Free 6-year ISA detainees” (Kempen Bebaskan Tahanan 6-tahun ISA), which is one of the main factors that catalyzed the process of their release.
GMI obtained the news of their release from the families of the ISA detainees and lawyers who visited Kamunting Camp recently.
The release of the seventeen, although welcomed, should not be seen as a substantial improvement in the state of human rights with regard to the use of the ISA by the government. 46 detainees are still currently being detained under the ISA, of which four are 6-year detainees. None of the detainees have been charged with any offences. We urge the government to release all remaining ISA detainees and to abolish the ISA and all other laws which permit detention without trial once and for all.
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