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31 Jan 2008, 12:31 pm
[JURIST] The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) [advocacy website] Thursday called for Malaysia to lift the Internal Security Act (ISA) [HRW backgrounder], a preventive detention law that allows the Malaysian government to detain suspects for two years without trial and to renew the detention indefinitely. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 8:43 am
[JURIST] Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia Abdul Hamid Mohamad [official profile] indicated his support Wednesday for the creation of an independent body to govern the appointment and promotion of judges, reportedly telling a group of judges that it would help "regain the confidence of the public in the judiciary. [read post]
7 Nov 2008, 12:20 pm
Raja Petra, the editor of anti-government website Malaysia Today [political blog], had been in a detention [read post]
6 Nov 2006, 4:18 am
Proselytizing of Muslims is prohibited in Malaysia [read post]
11 Apr 2024, 5:40 am
One of the 3Rs at issue, religion, has recently been at the center of several controversies in Malaysia. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 1:22 pm
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, a government agency tasked with preventing fraud, announced Mansor’s arrest on Wednesday. [read post]
14 Mar 2022, 4:06 pm
Here’s why Malaysia – and other countries that retain the death penalty – should show human rights leadership and set an example by scrapping it once and for all.Simply put, governments should not kill people. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 11:08 pm
Too late for Mariko," her lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said.A former nurse, Takeuchi testified that she did not know about the drugs found in a suitcase she brought to Malaysia from Dubai. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 8:06 am
[JURIST] A panel of UN human rights experts urged [press release] the government of Malaysia on Thursday to protect non-governmental organizations advocating for reform of the electoral process against acts of intimidation and harassment from various groups. [read post]
1 Aug 2016, 1:24 pm
Controversial new security laws took effect Monday in Malaysia. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 8:42 am
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)In an appalling smear-for-hire campaign, 10 online media columnists were paid by the Malaysian government to trash opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on various U.S. media Web sites, according to a BuzzFeed story reported by paidContent.org.Allegedly, former Guardian opinion columnist Joshua Trevino, whom the daily jettisoned last year over conflict of interest concerns, served as the Malaysian government's conduit, facilitating payments ranging from… [read post]
24 Jun 2023, 4:37 am
The Malaysian government announced on Friday that it would take legal action against Facebook parent company Meta for its failure to remove “harmful” content relating to race and religion. [read post]
27 Jul 2020, 10:58 am
Consequently, the Attorney General of Malaysia instituted the criminal proceedings against the Goldman Sachs subsidiaries in December 2018. [read post]
29 Apr 2008, 12:01 am
In Malaysia, the government's Islamic Development Department must approve any administrative rule changes relating to Islam. [read post]
25 Jan 2024, 3:45 am
The Malaysian government contended that they discovered a new letter that could prove the British colonial government’s construction on the island was with the consent of the Malaysian government. [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 3:44 am
Source: Anadolu Agency (14 March 2019)https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/malaysia-to-abolish-death-penalty-for-11-offenses/1418223Malaysian government has decided to abolish death penalty for at least 11 offenses, including terror-related offenses, according to media reports.The nine offenses fall under the Penal Code and two under the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971, Malaysian daily The Star said.According to the daily, Malaysian Deputy Minister Mohamed Hanipa Maidin… [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 4:10 am
However the government argues that its use in non-Muslim literature may confuse Muslims and lead them to convert. [read post]
28 Mar 2023, 11:50 am
In 2018, a moratorium was issued on executions, which temporarily halted all executions while the government considered policy changes. [read post]
9 Nov 2022, 8:14 pm
Pre-1980s, the British colonial government introduced the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (‘DDA 1952’) in Malaysia as a response to the growing threat of drug-related substances in the 1950s. [read post]
10 Jun 2022, 8:19 am
We need to see Malaysia pass the actual legislative amendments to put this pledge into effect because we have been down this road before, with successive Malaysian governments promising much on human rights but ultimately delivering very little. [read post]
