Detention without trial is history in Malaysia.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention.
Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
Yes, I was detained for eight days in Waziristan in 1996. It was against my will, and my passport and money were taken from me. I was not mistreated or harmed, but I was also not allowed to leave.
We opposed unlimited detention without trial. We stood up for trial by jury as well. And of course we spoke up for asylum seekers and for the most vulnerable in our society.
So I departed and was free from imprisonment.
Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.
As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.
My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.
I was never given a trial. I never went before any magistrate, nor did my parents. To this day, I do not know what the charges that were lodged against me or my deceased parents at this time.
There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals.
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