(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN welcomes the release of journalist and filmmaker Hishamuddin Rais, who was freed on 4 June 2003 after the expiry of his two-year detention order. Rais was among six “Reformasi” (“Reform”) activists to be sentenced under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in June 2001. He was released from Kamunting […]
(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN welcomes the release of journalist and filmmaker Hishamuddin Rais, who was freed on 4 June 2003 after the expiry of his two-year detention order.
Rais was among six “Reformasi” (“Reform”) activists to be sentenced under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in June 2001. He was released from Kamunting Detention Centre on 1 June 2003, but was initially transferred to Taiping prison to await bail hearings on several outstanding charges, including illegal assembly. He was eventually freed on 4 June.
