Michelle Yesudas and Adrian Pereira say the hate messages are reactions to their advocacy of migrant rights. FMTNews
PETALING JAYA: Two human rights activists have spoken of a sharp rise in the number and intensity of threats to their safety in the past two months.
She described them as “shocking and disproportionate” reactions to her tweets against the cruel treatment of refugees. He said the hate “exploded again” following last week’s Al Jazeera’s report on Malaysia’s treatment of migrants.Yesudas alleged that most of the messages she received were from Malaysians, but she added that the consistency and sheer numbers indicated that many came through software that generates automated messages.
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