Press Statement: Six human rights lawyers/ activists, R.Sivarasa (also MP for Subang), N.Surendran, Latheefa Koya, Eric Paulsen, Amer Hamzah and Johny Andu today filed a civil suit at the Kuala Lumpur High Court for their unlawful arrest and detention during the Human Rights Day walk on 9 December 2007 which was held to commemorate World…
Lowest number of deaths: 5 (2001); Second lowest number of deaths: 9 (2000); Highest number of deaths: 88 (2009); Second highest number of deaths: 82 (2008); Total number of deaths from 2000 to 2009: 279 persons; The increase from the lowest number of deaths at 5 (2001) to 88 (2009) is 17-fold; Fatality percentages/ numbers…
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 — The police shot dead 88 people last year, the most in the past decade, prompting human rights activists to call for accountability from the force. The Lawyers for Liberty group revealed the breakdown of fatal shootings from 2000 to 2009, as well as the identity of the victims, which they…
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 — The police shot dead 88 people last year, the most in the past decade, prompting human rights activists to call for accountability from the force. The Lawyers for Liberty group revealed the breakdown of fatal shootings from 2000 to 2009, as well as the identity of the victims, which…
Press Release: Lawyers for Liberty is astonished and appalled by SUHAKAM commissioner Detta Samen claiming that ex-RMAF airman N.Tharmendran has been treated well in detention by the Air Force (Suhakam visits ex-airman, says he is well-treated, Bernama, 1.12.10). What did this SUHAKAM commissioner expect Tharmendran to say, considering that he is currently in the custody and at the…
Despite the police’s own statistics, coming no less from CID deputy director Acryl Sani Abdullah, Minister Hisham has brushed off the gruesome fatal shootings of 82 deaths in 2008 and 88 deaths in 2009 as “sensationalised by certain parties” and that there may be a “slight increase”! Hairan bin ajaib! Can the Minister count? A…
KUALA LUMPUR: Polis mengaku menembak mati 263 orang dalam tempoh 10 tahun dengan bilangan tertinggi dicatat pada dua tahun terahir ini – melebihi separuh dari keseluruhan kematian. Sembilan individu ditembak mati pada 2000, 2001 (lima), 2002 (27), 2003 (17), 2004 (13), 2005 (sembilan), 2007 (13), 2008 (82) dan 2009 (88). Statistik itu berdasarkan kenyataan seorang…
Press Statement: Lawyers for Liberty is extremely shocked and concerned to learn of the latest statistics of fatal police shootings that was revealed in P.Uthayakumar’s sedition trial today. According to a police officer from Bukit Aman, in 2008 and 2009, there were 82 and 88 deaths respectively caused by police shootings. These latest statistics become…
PETALING JAYA, Nov 29 — The family of a young man shot dead on November 13 after being suspected of robbing a petrol station has accused the police of killing him in cold blood. Muhammad Hanafi Omar, 22, Muhammad Shamil Hafiz Shapiei, 15, and Hairul Nizam Tuah, 20, were gunned down by the police after…
Please be informed that K.Selvach’s habeas corpus application has been fixed for hearing: Date: 3 December 2010 Time: 8:30 a.m Venue: Mahkamah Tinggi Jenayah (I), Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur The defence team will be insisting that the hearing proceed on the day and will object to any request for postponement. The AG’s Chambers have been…
It just boggles the mind how easily the courts disregard the rights and freedoms of the rakyat. Here we have, an outright urgent case of a man being abducted, assaulted and detained by the police without trial since 25 October – all because he dared to testify against the police in R.Gunasegaran’s death in police…
PETALING JAYA, Nov 20 — The families of two of the three youths shot dead on November 13 after being suspected of robbing a petrol station claimed that they were killed by police in cold blood. Mohd Shamil Hafiz Shapiei, 15, Hairul Nizam Tuah, 20, and Mohd Hanafi Omar, 22, were shot dead by the…
On 10 November 2010, after much difficulty, Lawyers for Liberty filed a habeas corpus application to obtain the release of K.Selvach, a victim of the repugnant Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 that has allowed the PDRM to abduct, assault and detain him without trial since 25 October. After more than a week of…
Press Release Lawyers for Liberty is gravely concerned over the shooting to death of three alleged suspects by police during the early hours of Saturday 13th November 2010 at Glenmarie, Selangor. The dead were Mohd Shamil Hafiz Shafie, 16, Mohd Khairul Nizam Tuah, 20, and Mohd Hanafi Omar, 22. Although one of the dead persons was a…