By Eric Paulsen If the ASEAN Inter-govermental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) lives up to the mark of the European Court of Human Rights or to a lesser extent the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, it will be the most curious thing I ever saw in my life! Military rule in Myanmar (Source: stolenchildhood.net) Sometime ago,…
By Eric Paulsen http://www.sun2surf.com/ IT was heartening to see the whole world condemning the Israeli attack on the aid flotilla bound for Gaza. While the Palestinians’ struggle for a homeland deserves all the international aid, support and solidarity – we must not turn a blind eye to others with a similar or even worse plight…
It has been almost 12 years since Anwar Ibrahim, newly sacked as deputy prime minister, was first charged with trumped-up charges of sodomy and corruption, and subsequently put through two trials which were condemned around the world as manifestly flawed and politically motivated. He spent six years in detention, in solitary confinement throughout, after his…
Lawyers for Liberty, a Malaysian group which is against the death penalty, has called on the Malaysian government to raise the case of Yong Vui Kong with Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, who is on a one-day visit to the country. Prime Minister Lee is accompanied on the trip by Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo,…
On 8.6.10, a Committee of Privileges of the Dewan Rakyat had denied opposition leader Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s right for his lawyer’s participation during the hearing of the complaint against him. Similarly, Selangor’s SELCAT (Select Committee on Competence, Accountability and Transparency) denied the right of Kapar MP S. Manickavasagam to have his lawyer participate effectively…
Kakak Aminulrasyid Amzah – Tuty Shaniza Anum – dipanggil polis sekali lagi hari ini – kali ini oleh polis trafik – untuk memberi keterangan berhubung kereta yang digunakan oleh adiknya yang mati polis pada awal pagi 26 April lalu. Tuty Shaniza tiba di cawangan trafik IPD Shah Alam di seksyen 11, pada kira-kira jam 6…
Fadiah Nadwa binti Fikri | May 19, 2010 04:55:45 pm Kerisauan dan kemarahan yang yang timbul baru-baru ini disebabkan kes Aminul Rasyid Amzah adalah kesan daripada hilangnya keyakinan kepada institusi polis. Institusi inilah yang sepatutnya menjalankan tugas mengikut lunas undang-undang dan bukannya berselindung di sebalik impuniti (pengecualian daripada hukuman) setiap kali kejadian tembakan yang menyebabkan…
SHAH ALAM, May 19 (Bernama) — A man has lodged a police report that he was shot by police at a roadblock in Section 7 here at midnight on April 16 last year. Shahril Azlan Ahmad Kamil, 26, said he lodged the report as no action was taken after the first lodged by his father…
Polis merakamkan kenyataan wartawan akhbar web PAS Harakahdaily ekoran laporannya berhubung pembabitan agen Israel dalam pasukan polis, seperti didakwa Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Dzulfikar Mashoor atau nama sebenarnya Zainurfaqar Yaacob dipanggil membantu siasatan ekoran laporannya berjudul ‘Asiasoft: Ujian genting bagi Hishammuddin’ pada 10 April di laman web parti Islam itu. Sehingga kini, laporan…
MerdekaReview – Polis, Undang-undang dan Hak asasi.
DEC 7 — I refer to the government’s latest plan to curb video piracy — “Armed to fight piracy” (Sunday Star, Dec 6) where Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that the government was considering a proposal to take action against the private owners of even one pirated video.…
DEC 2 — I should divulge that I was one of Barack Obama’s supporters, from the unlikely victory in the US Democratic Party presidential candidate election to one of the most improbable victories in modern political history, an African-American man voted into the US presidency, all the more momentous to me personally as I received…
On 19 June, Pakatan Rakyat organised a get-together to celebrate the 64th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi with a programme that included a few local and Burmese performances, speeches by political leaders/ activists, birthday cakes and lots of red heart shaped balloons. It was a small but nonetheless essential affair observed around the world…
After amputating their soul, the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the courts moved in for the kill albeit with lesser ruthlessness than is customary in politically motivated cases. But the damage has been done. I am referring to the blatant injustice perpetrated on the brave anti-ISA students who were yesterday convicted for “illegally assembly” under the Police…