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Monday, August 10, 2015

Is cruel and inhumane treatment of Anwar necessary?

Lawyers for Liberty condemns the “rigid and overzealous" application of prison rules when it comes to the former Opposition leader
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KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has roundly condemned the treatment of former Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in prison, deploring the “rigid and overzealous” application of prison rules when it comes to him.
“Anwar is a prisoner of conscience and he deserves better treatment than what he is receiving in prison,” said LFL executive director Eric Paulsen in a statement today.
“It is quite shocking and deplorable how the authorities seem bent on making life as difficult as possible for Anwar and his family members by applying the prison rules in the most rigid and overzealous manner, when there is wide discretion for a more humane and civilised approach.”
He cited how Anwar’s family members were not allowed any physical contact with him during the recent Hari Raya visit and were also not allowed to bring any outside food for him. There were also restrictions on the number of family members who could visit him.
“His brother, sister and his step-mother who was wheelchair-bound were made to wait and were finally turned away,” he said.
“Is such cruel and inhumane treatment necessary? What possible harm could come if Anwar was allowed to see and touch his family members and enjoy some Hari Raya food?”
Paulsen also deplored the solitary confinement Anwar has been placed in, as well as what he claimed was the routine delaying or ignoring of medical treatment for a shoulder injury.
“He is now on painkillers and unable to access the intensive physiotherapy as required, as there are no such facilities in prison, nor is he brought to the hospital on a regular basis for treatment,” Paulsen claimed.
He also called on the authorities to release Anwar on house arrest so that he could spend his incarceration in a minimum security correctional facility like previous well-known “prisoners of conscience” Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela.
Today marks Anwar’s 68th birthday and his 182nd day in Sungai Buloh Prison.
His daughters and a number of Opposition leaders had gathered at Sungai Buloh Prison yesterday in a show solidarity for him on the eve of his birthday.
“Happy Birthday Papa. Forgive us for not having secured your release yet,” tweeted his eldest daughter Nurul Izzah Anwar yesterday.

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