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Urgent Action: Appeal Date Set for a nine-month jail sentence in Malaysia

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Veteran activist, film maker and former political prisoner, Hishamuddin Rais, faces up to nine months in prison under the Sedition Act in Malaysia for his peaceful calls for electoral reform. The final appeal date has been set for 16 May.

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Malaysia

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