RECOMMENDATIONS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES THE MALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE STEPS TOWARDS: • Repealing the 1948 Sedition Act; • Ensuring that convictions under the Act are quashed, and immediately and unconditionally release all those who are imprisoned or detained under the Act solely for the peaceful exercise of their right to freedom of expression; dropping charges under the Act against individuals who are facing trial; furthermore, pending the repeal of the Sedition Act, ensuring that no one further is arrested, investigated, charged or imprisoned under its provisions; • Reviewing and amending all other laws which restrict the right to freedom of expression to ensure that they are in strict compliance with international human rights law and standards; and • Ratify and Implement in law, policy and practice the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the earliest opportunity. 14 Critical Crackdown: Freedom of Expression Under Attack in Malaysia