AMK Gesa Masyarakat Antarabangsa Prihatin - Nik Nazmi

AMK GESA MASYARAKAT ANTARABANGSA PRIHATIN

Angkatan Muda KEADILAN mengalu-alukan pengisytiharan Kumpulan Kerja Penahanan Arbitrari Persatuan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention) yang mengiktiraf Anwar Ibrahim sebagai mangsa penahanan arbitrari, atau tahanan politik. Pengiktirafan ini amatlah memalukan, terutamanya untuk Perdana Menteri dan Kerajaan Barisan Nasional.

Pengisytiharan ini adalah berdasarkan penilaian Kumpulan Kerja
tersebut yang mendapati Anwar telah dipenjarakan secara haram setelah melalui satu perbicaraan yang tidak adil dan tidak menghormati elemen-elemen asas perundangan. Oleh kerana Perdana Menteri gemar untuk memberikan ceramah kepada masyarakat antarabangsa berkenaan kesederhanaan dan kedaulatan undang-undang, pendirian PBB ini telah mencalar kewibawaannya.


Dalam pada itu, kritikan dan kecaman terhadap pemenjaraan Anwar juga semakin kuat didengari di peringkat antarabangsa. negara-negara seperti Australia dan Amerika Syarikat telah menyuarakan kebimbangan mereka terhadap layanan kerajaan BN kepada Anwar – selain itu terdapat juga pihak-pihak NGO seperti Amnesty International dan tokoh agamawan seperti Syeikh Yusuf Qardawi yang turut menyuarakan kerisauan.

Sekarang ini ramai rakyat Malaysia dan komuniti antarabangsa yang berpendapat tegas bahawa perbicaraan Anwar hanyalah sandiwara pihak kerajaan dan sememangnya tidak punyai asas keadilan.

Kepada rakan-rakan kami yang berada di kamar kuasa dan yang berpengaruh di luar negara, terutamanya negara-negara yang mempunyai hubungan baik dengan kerajaan Malaysia, kami menggesa agar pendirian PBB terhadap pemenjaraan Anwar diiktiraf dan pengiktirafan ini disampaikan kepada pentadbiran Najib. Tindakan ini penting bukan sahaja kerana beliau telah menjadi mangsa tahanan politik, tetapi beliau juga memerlukan rawatan pakar dengan kadar segera oleh kerana kesihatan yang semakin teruk.

NIK NAZMI NIK AHMAD
KETUA ANGKATAN MUDA KEADILAN

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KEADILAN Youth welcomes the recent declaration by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in recognising Anwar Ibrahim as a victim of arbitrary detention, or a political prisoner. This damning indictment is an embarrassment to the Prime Minister and the BN government.

This declaration is based upon the body’s assessment that Anwar was imprisoned after an unfair trial and that basic elements of the rule of law had been breached during the course of the trial – thus making his imprisonment illegal. As the Prime Minister is fond of giving homilies to international audiences on moderation and the rule of law, the recent stance taken by the UN puts a severe dent into the PM’s credibility.


In addition to the UN there is an increasingly louder international
chorus of condemnation against the illegal imprisonment of Anwar. Foreign governments such as Australia and the United States have voiced out their concern over the government’s treatment of Anwar – this in addition to concerns raised by NGOs such as Amnesty International and also religious figures such as Syeikh Yusuf Qardawi.

Most right thinking Malaysians and the international community are convinced that Anwar’s trial was nothing less than a sham and as such justice has not been served.

To our friends in the corridors of power and influence overseas, especially countries with traditionally close ties with the Malaysian government – we urge them to recognise the UN’s position on the imprisonment of Anwar and take the necessary steps to make their stand known to the Najib administration. In addition to his illegal politically charged imprisonment, his ill health and need for
immediate specialist care makes this ever more urgent.

NIK NAZMI NIK AHMAD
PARTI KEADILAN RAKYAT YOUTH LEADER