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The release of those detained under the ISA is at the top of the Bar Council's wish list for the New Year, says its president Ambiga Sreenevasan.

"If there was anything that I could change in 2007, it would be the recent arrests of those involved in the assemblies and during our Human Rights Day celebration and the arrests made under the ISA. Unfortunately, it is not within my power to change," she says.

Apart from that, the Bar's priority next year is to work with the judiciary towards strengthening the administration of justice and "to heed the call of the Chief Justice for each of us (namely the Bench and the Bar), to be vigilant in eradicating unsavoury elements in our midst."

The year 2007 has certainly brought many memorable moments for the Bar from its Walk for Justice, dialogue with the Prime Minister, positive changes in the Judiciary to the appointment of the Royal Commission.

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