UN tells Malaysia to abolish death penalty, respect religious practices and human rights

United Nations member countries urged Malaysia last night to abolish capital punishment, repeal oppressive laws, and respect the rights of Orang Asli and individual religious practices.

These recommendations were made at a human rights peer review when 193 member countries of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), including Malaysia, met in Geneva, Switzerland, last night.

The purpose of the gathering was to conduct a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Malaysia, the second since 2009.

Many nations called on Malaysia to ratify the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination as racism was clearly still a major issue in the country.

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