EU Presidency Declaration on Anwar Ibrahim
European Union 10 February 2004



The European Union, which has continued to monitor closely the case, notes the decision of the Malaysian Court of Appeal not to reconsider its upholding of the conviction and sentence on 8th August 2000 against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. The European Union also notes the Court of Appeal's decision to deny a request for bail.

The European Union recalls its earlier statements voicing deep concern about the fairness of the legal proceedings and expresses its disappointment at the Court of Appeal's decisions.

The Acceding Countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the Candidate Countries Bulgaria and Romania, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this declaration.