Over the past month, the Sedition Act has been indiscriminately used in a new wave of political repression and terror whose targets have included elected representatives, lawyers, academics, journalists and activists. On 5 September 2014, NGOs responded by forming the Abolish the Sedition Act Movement, or Gerakan Hapus Akta Hasutan (GHAH). A joint statement by…
GERAKAN HAPUS AKTA HASUTAN (GHAH) Sejak beberapa bulan yang lalu, Akta Hasutan telah digunakan secara meluas dan kejam sebagai senjata kerajaan untuk menekan rakyat termasuklah ke atas Wakil Rakyat, peguam, akademia, aktivis, pekerja media dan anak muda serta pelajar. Pada 5 September 2014, badan-badan NGO telah menubuhkan Gerakan Hapuskan Akta Hasutan (GHAH) sebagai jawapan balas…
过去一个月，政府动辄引用煽动法令制造新一波政治打压及制造白色恐怖，遭对付的目标包括民选议员、律师、学术人员、新闻工作者以及社运人士。
Landmark Court of Appeal decision on the death of Teoh Beng Hock 8 September 2014 Lawyers For Liberty welcomes the landmark Court of Appeal decision on the death of Teoh Beng Hock on 5 September 2014 which overturned the High Court’s refusal to revise the Magistrate’s inquest “open verdict” finding of the victim who was…
Irresponsible for PMO to put the burden and blame on the courts for sedition charges Press Statement 30 August 2014 We refer to the Prime Minister’s Office statement today “Government comments on replacement of Sedition Act”. We are astonished that the PMO would make such a blatantly misleading and even untrue statement that “until new…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 20 August 2014 Lawyers For Liberty is outraged by the Attorney General’s decision to charge Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyer and Padang Serai MP N. Surendran under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act for a statement made while carrying out his duties as a lawyer. The allegedly ‘seditious’ statement was made in…
Merujuk kepada kenyataan peguam Abdul Khalid Ibrahim yang menyatakan bahawa Akuan Berkanun (Statutory Declaration) yang telah ditandatangani oleh 30 Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Selangor bukanlah satu bukti yang konklusif bahawa Abdul Khalid Ibrahim telah hilang kepercayaan majoriti sebagai Menteri Besar. Menurut beliau, Akuan Berkanun tersebut boleh ditarik dan dipinda pada bila-bila masa sahaja. Oleh…
Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail hari ini bersama-sama dengan 29 orang Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Selangor telah menyatakan bahawa mereka tidak lagi mempunyai kepercayaan kepada Abdul Khalid Ibrahim sebagai Menteri Besar Selangor. Khalid Ibrahim dalam jawapannya menyatakan bahawa dia akan terus berkhidmat sebagai MB Selangor sehingga satu undi tidak percaya dilakukan ke atasnya…
Petang ini kita sekali lagi dikejutkan dengan tindakan Abdul Khalid Ibrahim memecat 6 orang Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri dari Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP) dan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Keadilan) berkuatkuasa serta merta. Tindakan Abdul Khalid Ibrahim tersebut kononnya dibuat berikutan tindakan 6 orang Exco tersebut yang telah membuat beberapa kenyataan dan menandatangani surat supaya diadakan…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 31 July 2014 The police must stop misleading the public on a non-existent assembly offence Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled by ACP Asmawati Ahmad’s warning to groups assembling and protesting over a Muslim preacher’s “offensive” video clip (Bernama report 30 July 2014, “Police Advice Against Gatherings Over Video…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 3 July 2014 Do Not Criminalize the Existence of the Destitute and Homeless Lawyers for Liberty is appalled with Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Mansor’s ill-conceived and heavy-handed plan to crackdown and clear Kuala Lumpur of the destitute and homeless by criminalising begging and even those who sought to help…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 1 July 2014 Diplomatic Immunity is Not a Licence to Commit Crimes Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled that the Malaysian Government has asserted diplomatic immunity to protect Muhammad Rizalman from what is obviously a serious case of sexual assault and burglary, acts of which are unconnected with his diplomatic…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 19 June 2014 MP N.Surendran’s six months’ suspension places the Speaker on a pedestal beyond reproach Lawyers for Liberty is extremely shocked and outraged at the six months’ suspension motion that was passed against Keadilan Member of Parliament N. Surendran in Parliament today. The motion, put forward…
Police can be held in contempt of court if they refuse to comply with a judge’s order to assist a woman to locate her son abducted by her convert ex-husband two months ago, lawyers said. They said the police, as a law enforcement agency, must act to execute the order without delay to enjoy…
PKR vice-president Tian Chua and two opposition activists have again failed in their bid to drop the sedition charge against them. Their application to dismiss the charge was rejected by High Court judge Kamardin after hearing submissions from deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Abazafree Mohd Abbas, and counsel N. Surendran, who represented Tian Chua, 51,…