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Press Statement: Lawyers for Liberty is gravely dismayed over the High Court’s decision today (20.12.2010) that allowed the preliminary objections raised by the Senior Federal Counsel, stating that the High Court has no jurisdiction to hear K Selvach’s Habeas Corpus Application challenging the legality of his detention Order under section 3(1) of the Dangerous Drugs…

Lawyers for Liberty is gravely dismayed over the Federal Court’s decision on Feb 28 to throw out K Selvach’s appeal against the dismissal of his habeas corpus application by the High Courton Dec 12, 2010. The Federal Court affirmed the decision made by the High Court dismissing Selvach’s appeal by ruling that the High Cour…

Hmm…James Nayagam…just when civil society thought that you were not just another ridiculous Suhakam commissioner with no background and standing in human rights. Have you have read the CRC and international human rights law? Were you misquoted by Bernama? Article 13 1. The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall…

Kenyataan Akhbar: Lawyers for Liberty amat kesal dengan tindakan pihak polis dan Kementerian Dalam Negeri yang mengeluarkan perintah penahanan 2 tahun di bawah Akta Dadah Berbahaya (Langkah-Langkah Pencegahan Khas) 1985 terhadap K. Selvach Santhiran di mana pada 14 Disember 2010, beliau telah dihantar ke Pusat Permulihan Akhlak Batu Gajah seawal 9.00 pagi. Tambah menyedihkan lagi,…

KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyers representing K Selvach Santhiran, a witness who implicated police in the R Gunasegaran death-in-custody inquest, today alleged that police ‘sabotaged’ a habeas corpus hearing to free him. Farida Mohammad, one of his counsels from the Lawyers for Liberty civil group, said before the court could hear their habeas corpus application yesterday, police…

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…