TEHRAN, May 08 - Malaysia's new government has failed to deliver on most of its human rights reform promises in its first year in power, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's coalition won a stunning election victory in May 2018, ending more than 60 years of rule by a party that first took power at the time of independence from Britain, pledging to weed out corruption and improve a poor rights record.
But most of its planned reforms have either been delayed or withdrawn, following a backlash from opposition parties and conservative ethnic Malay Muslim groups, Human Rights Watch said.
"There's been far too much of the government just coasting on prevailing political winds," Phil Robertson, the group's deputy Asia director, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
"It has to stand up and show some conviction."
The prime minister's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Source: Reuters
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