PENANTI- Bekas TKm 1 Pulau Pinang turut hadir semalam dan diberi penghargaan untuk berucap. Beliau yang memulakan ucapan dengan penuh semangat berjanji akan kembali ke arena politik selepas selesai belajar.Fairus mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua yang menyokong beliau selama ini termasuk wanita dan amk bahagian Permatang Pauh, dan memohon maaf sekiranya terkasar bahasa dan melakukan kesilapan.
Beliau juga mengumumkan akan megambil tindakan keatas individu,akhbar yang memfitnah beliau.
PENANTI- Ketua umum PKR semalam mengumunkan nama calon yang akan bertanding di atas tiket PKR di DUN Penanti iaitu Dr Mansor Othman yang merupakan senior dalam PKR sejak awal penubuhannya.Pernah menjadi pensyarah di USM dan melakukan kertas kerja mengenai TEKUN yang masih di gunakan oleh Umno.Lulusan Yale dalam 3 bidang Masters.
Beliau yang dijangka akan menang mudah di DUN Penanti dan bukanlah asing bagi penduduk Pulau Pinang.
Antara kepimpinan KeADILan yang hadir memberikan sokongan moral terhadap calon Pakatan Rakyat ialah Parlimen Gombak, Azmin Ali, Pengarah Pilihanraya KeADILan, Saifudin Nasution Ismail, Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng, Penolong Setiausaha DAP Pusat, Choong Eng, Ketua Perhubungan KeADIlan Negeri, Dato' Zahrin Hashim dan lain-lain kepimpinan parti-parti gabungan Pakatan Rakyat. - azm
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(New York) - Malaysia's new prime minister should take immediate steps to distinguish himself from previous governments and implement a human rights agenda, Human Rights Watch said in a letter today. The letter to Prime Minister Najib Razak makes specific recommendations for reform on four issues: arbitrary and preventive detention; freedom of expression; impunity of security forces; and protection of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
"Prime Minister Najib has a great opportunity to reverse the abusive policies of the past," said Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "It's deplorable that Malaysians continue to face arbitrary detention, censorship, and threats to their lives from unaccountable police." The letter welcomed Najib's stated intention "to uphold civil liberties" and demonstrate "regard for the fundamental rights of the people of Malaysia," and called for the immediate ratification of core United Nations human rights treaties.
Human Rights Watch urged Najib to revoke Malaysia's long-abused Internal Security Act and to try fairly or release those being detained under the law. He should uphold the rights of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Malaysia by ensuring that existing laws protect rather than penalize them. Human Rights Watch also called on Najib to abolish RELA, the government-backed People's Volunteer Corps which has been responsible for numerous rights violations against migrants.
"It's time the Malaysian government delivered on promises to show รข€˜regard for the fundamental rights of the people of Malaysia,' so that it is more than just a pretty sound bite," said Pearson.
