Pakistan critics detention / Malaysia premature celebration / No panacea cliche

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Pakistan: End Anti-Corruption Agency’s Abuses (Statement). “Pakistani authorities should follow up a recent Supreme Court decision and cease using the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to detain critics of the government, Human Rights Watch said…The authorities should investigate and prosecute NAB officials responsible for unlawful arrests and other abuses.

Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/06/pakistan-end-anti-corruption-agencys-abuses   

 

It is way too early to celebrate Najib's historic corruption sentence (Opinion). “On the face of it, last week's guilty verdict against former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is a victory for clean government everywhere…[but] Najib's decision to appeal -- as is his right -- has raised fears that his convictions could be overturned, especially with so many of his political allies returning to power earlier this year.”

Binaifer Nowrojee/Nikkei Asian Review: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/It-is-way-too-early-to-celebrate-Najib-s-historic-corruption-sentence

 

There’s No Panacea for Corruption. So We Can All Stop Pointing That Out (Blog). “Since we all agree (or should agree) that there is no panacea for corruption, we probably don’t need to keep saying that any individual measure is not a panacea. Of course it isn’t. There isn’t one. Done."

Matthew Stephenson/The Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/08/04/theres-no-panacea-for-corruption-so-we-can-all-stop-pointing-that-out/

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