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Written Notice n. 070/2008/CRIN-CF/OAB

Brasilia, May 8, 2008

President Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan
Malaysian Bar Council
Kuala Lumpur – Malásia

Subject: Information requirement.

Dear Mr. President:

As I inform you that the National Commission of International Affairs of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association has opened administrative process in order to evaluate the accusations of violation of Human Rights, practiced against defenders of human rights in Malaysia, I am honored to address you to forward a copy of the material that this Entity now possesses and to request additional information regarding this matter.

I take this opportunity to express great pleasure and privilege and to send you my best regards

Respectfully,

Roberto Antonio Busato
President of the National Commission of International Affairs

WE, PARTICIPANTS OF THE XI NATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING OF BRAZILIAN NETWORK OF GRASSROOT LAWYERS,

CONSIDERING,

- THAT we have learned from New Strait Times and Star Online about the cruel violations of the right to expression conducted by the Malaysian Government and His Excellency Prime-Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi;

- THE imprisonment of pacific demonstrators during march realized last November 10, when members and supporters of Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih), tried to present a request for electoral reforms;

- THE imprisonment of Mr. Mohamad Sabu and Mr. Tian Chua, members of Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) and another 13 persons, at least, under the only allegations of being members of the Coalition;

- THE imprisonment of 9 pacific demonstrators under the allegation of taken part of the celebration of International Human Rights Day, last December 10, among them the lawyers Latheefa Beebi Koya, N. Sivarasa Rasiah and N. Surendran, and Eric Paulsen, Anthony Andu, Arshad Ali and Noraza Othman;

- THE imprisonment of Mr. Edmund Bon, Bar Council Human Rights Committee chairman due to the existence of banners proclaiming “International Human Rights Day” displayed outside the Bar Council building;

- THE provoking speech of His Excellency Prime-Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, saying that the arrestment of lawyers was a way to do not discriminate;

- THE imprisonment of five other lawyers, P. Uthayakumar, R. Kengadharan, V. Ganabatirau, M. Manoharan, and K. Vasantha Kumar, this last under the allegation of being coordinator of Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), and the others under the allegation of being legal advisers for Hindraf and Human Rights defenders, all of them subjected to the shameful application of the Internal Security Act – ISA, instrument of dictatorship utilized by the Malaysian Government to oppress people;

- THE dilatory maneuver utilized by the Malaysian Government to not accomplish the judicial decision of Hon. Judge Zunaidah Mohd Idris, who ordered the immediate release of lawyers P. Uthayakumar, V. Ganabatirau and Vaytha Moothy;

- THE new declarations of His Excellency Prime-Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and other first rank authorities, saying that:

- the pleas for equality of Hindu people had hurt the country’s image and could seriously impair efforts to attract investors and tourists;

- these pleas and others saying that in Malaysia there is no equality and that there is an “ethnic cleansing” could be deemed a treachery;

- the demonstrations were pacific, but the police didn’t issued a permit.

- street ;

- the Government will never accept street demonstrations as part of Malaysian culture and that the Malaysian society as a whole rejects street demonstrations and these have not in any way been able to change the government’s policies.

- the Government would sacrifice the people’s freedom on behalf of its security;

- THAT the right to free expression and pacific assembly are Human Rights recognized at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Politic Rights;

- THAT Malaysia, as member of United Nations Human Rights Council is specially compelled to respect those mentioned rights, refraining itself from violating them, and is bound to protect them against violations of third parties and fulfill them;

- THE universality and the interdependence of Human Rights;

DECIDE:

TO EXPRESS to the Government of Malaysia our concern with the freedom and the physical integrity of all Malaysian political prisoners, specially those lawyers who were victimizes just for exerting their profession and defend Human Rights;

TO EXPRESS our repulse to the terror regime ruled by His Excellency Prime-Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, which denies respect, protection and fulfillment to Human Rights, disregarding the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and despising Malaysia as member of United Nations Human Rights Council;

TO APPEAL to Brazilian Government to express our and its concern with the situation of Human Rights in Malaysia;

TO APPEAL to all judicial professionals and to all Brazilian associations of lawyers and other judicial professionals to express to Brazilian and Malaysian governments asking for actitudes that could help to insure respect to Human Rights in Malaysia;

TO APPEAL to all Human Rights defenders, in Brazil and in other countries, to carry on campaigns for the liberation of all political prisoners in Malaysia, for the banishment of the Internal Security Act and for the integral respect to Human Rights;

TO EXPRESS to all Malaysian political prisoners, defenders of Human Rights, their friends, relatives and fellows, specially to the lawyers arrested while exerting their profession and defending Human Rights, our deepest solidarity and disposition of acting to obtain their freedom.

BRASÍLIA, XI NATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING OF BRAZILIAN NETWORK OF GRASSROOT LAWYERS, DECEMBER 15, 2007.

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