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9 Mar 2016, 12:17 pm by Podhurst Orseck
Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport said the attorney general’s office is handling all cases against the government related to Flight 370. [read post]
29 Mar 2008, 11:38 am
[JURIST] Malaysia's opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) [party website] on Saturday denounced [statement text] the government's refusal to release five prominent members of the Hindu Rights Action Force, including M. [read post]
10 Feb 2017, 12:05 pm by Akira Tomlinson
Since Anwar's conviction, Malaysian government attacks on civil society have reportedly increased. [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 10:42 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
Under the Netherlands' Law on International Crimes [text, DOC], the government can prosecute any individual who committed crimes... [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 8:02 am by Colleen Mallick
[JURIST] The second highest court in Malaysia ruled Wednesday in a high-profile transgender case that Islamic law is restricted to familial matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance, and the constitution [text] provides a secular federal government. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 9:27 am by Peter Snyder
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt [official profile], on Monday urged [statement] the government of Malaysia to overturn the nation's ban on a Catholic publication's use of the word "Allah" to refer to God. [read post]
13 Mar 2019, 8:12 pm
Full stop," he was quoted as saying.LAWYERS GROUP CRITICISES U-TURNLawyers for Liberty, a human rights lawyers organisation in Malaysia, slammed the government’s U-turn on repealing the death penalty. [read post]
27 Mar 2016, 8:00 am
Give the option to the judge either to hang him or send him to prison,” he said.Days after, government minister Nancy Shukri, said she hoped to amend the penal code to abolish the death sentence. [read post]
9 Feb 2022, 9:44 pm
Source: New Straits Times (10 February 2022)https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2022/02/770152/malaysia-must-take-lead-southeast-asia-abolishing-death-penaltyMALAYSIA is on the path of becoming a nation that will put the dignity of human beings and human rights before any other consideration.This would be the case if the government eliminated the death penalty from its penal code.By the end of the month, the government could embrace the likely recommendations being… [read post]
26 Jul 2007, 10:05 am
The move comes as one of Malaysia's leading online commentators has been questioned by police following a complaint by the main governing party.Read the article: BBC News [read post]
Thailand and Malaysia carried out a joint investigation into the camps and convicted over 50 defendants, including nine government officials, over the deaths and trafficking. [read post]
31 Jan 2005, 12:23 pm
[JURIST] Thousands of illegal immigrants fled Malaysia Monday as the Malaysian government [official portal; English version] prepared to launch a campaign to round up and deport illegal foreign workers. [read post]
21 Aug 2017, 3:13 am
Within four months of the inauguration of President Joko Widodo in October 2014, the government had executed 14 people for drug offences. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 12:43 pm by Zachary Uram
The post Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak faces additional corruption charges appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. [read post]
26 Feb 2008, 11:18 am
[JURIST] A Malaysian court Tuesday rejected a bid to free five prominent members of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) [Wikipedia backgrounder], ruling that they were lawfully detained under Malaysia's controversial Internal Security Act (ISA) [HRW backgrounder], which permits the government to detain suspects for two years without trial and to renew the detention indefinitely. [read post]
5 Jul 2015, 9:39 am by Emelina Perez
[JURIST] Two major opposition parties in Malaysia on Sunday called for an emergency sitting of parliament in order to discuss the future of the country's prime minister. [read post]
3 Sep 2016, 6:37 am by Matthew Santiago
In 2009 Razak established the fund [BBC report] known as 1MDB to promote economic growth in Malaysia, but the fund has since been considered a failure due to the country's extraordinary debt. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 10:59 am by Dan Taglioli
[JURIST] Malaysia's government on Wednesday released 125 prisoners who were being held under a decades-old security law that has been widely criticized by human rights and opposition groups. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 12:10 pm by Podhurst Orseck
” Gallo said the search should continue, perhaps with private groups taking up the challenge if the governments of Australia, Malaysia and China quit. [read post]
21 Sep 2018, 8:29 am by Christopher Hsu
The post Additional charges leveled against former Malaysia PM appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. [read post]