Defendants enjoy adequate procedural safeguards, and, in civil cases, there is a right of appeal to the Privy Council in London. The police force is under civilian control. Police have broad powers to arrest without warrants, but in practice they generally obtain a warrant from a magistrate. The ISA has occasionally been used to detain political dissidents. Although the law permits government intrusion into the privacy of individuals, families, or homes, this rarely happens.
Citizens can travel freely within the country and abroad.
Under Sharia, Muslim women face some discrimination in divorce, inheritance, and child custody matters. There are occasional reports of physical abuse and ill treatment of female domestic servants and foreign workers.