'Having spent over a decade in solitary confinement as a political prisoner, I have come to appreciate with great intensity the subtle aspects of freedom - to read, to walk about and sleep - are actions that can easily be taken for granted . This is why, when a sympathetic prison guard whispered to me with hushed excitement 'the UN just called for your release!', I felt a renewed sense of hope . I learned that a short time later my international lawyer Jared Genser, the book's author, had just made public Opinion No. 22/2015. The Working Group found I was being held in violation of international law and it urged my immediate release . the United Nations struck an irrecoverable blow to the former prime minister's efforts to try to justify my detention . Jared Genser is a pioneer in the area of human rights law and a courageous and indefatigable representative of political prisoners around the world. This book represents his singular expertise in this area .

' Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, President of the People's Justice Party and Member of Parliament, and former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (1993-1998)e People's Justice Party and Member of Parliament, and former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (1993-1998)e People's Justice Party and Member of Parliament, and former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (1993-1998)e People's Justice Party and Member of Parliament, and former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (1993-1998).