Malaysian opposition politician Nurul Izzah Anwar, daughter of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, appears at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Oslo, Norway, May 26, 2015. (Photo: Terje Pedersen / Reuters)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Imprisoned Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was prosecuted for political reasons and should be released, a UN body concluded after reviewing the case widely seen as politically motivated. The government rejected the findings and called for the legal process to be respected.
Anwar began serving a five-year jail sentence in February after the country’s top court ruled that he sodomized a former male aide in 2008. His case …read more
Source: The Irrawaddy
