Archive for September, 2010

Malaysian Cartoonist Seized for Sedition Out on Bail

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/world/malaysian-cartoonist-seized-for-sedition-out-on-bail/398213 Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian police have released a controversial political cartoonist after arresting him under a harsh sedition law, his lawyer said on Sunday. Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque — better known as Zunar — works for the news Web site Malaysiakini and uses cartoons to illustrate sensitive issues such as police shooting and the sodomy...
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Defiant cartoonist released

Defiant cartoonist released

Home > Breaking News > SE Asia > Story Sep 26, 2010 http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_583324.html Defiant cartoonist released Zunar (above) who is being investigated under the Sedition Act, was released late Saturday on bail. — PHOTO: AP KUALA LUMPUR – MALAYSIAN police have released a controversial political cartoonist after arresting him under a harsh sedition law,...
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Cartoonist Zunar freed after a day’s remand

Cartoonist Zunar freed after a day’s remand

Cartoonist Zunar freed after a day’s remand UPDATED @ 07:16:48 PM 25-09-2010 By Adib Zalkapli September 25, 2010 http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/cartoonist-zunar-freed-after-a-days-remand/ KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — Political satirist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, or more popularly known as Zunar, was released today just hours after the police obtained a one-day remand order from the Sepang magistrate’s court. The...
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Cartoonist Zunar remanded for one day

Cartoonist Zunar remanded for one day

Cartoonist Zunar remanded for one day UPDATED @ 01:50:23 PM 25-09-2010 By Adib Zalkapli September 25, 2010 http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/cartoonist-zunar-remanded-for-one-day/ KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — Political satirist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, who was arrested under the Sedition Act yesterday, has been remanded for one day. The remand order was issued by the Sepang Magistrate Court this morning,...
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Zunar to sue for harassment, detention

Political cartoonist Zunar was freed on police bail this evening after being detained overnight and taken on a run-around to seven police stations. He intends to sue the police over his treatment and for the return of 66 copies of his latest cartoon collection Cartoon-o-phobia. The books were seized in a raid on his...
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Kes Sosilawati: Jangan cepat memuji polis

Kes Sosilawati: Jangan cepat memuji polis 17 September 2010 Lawyers for Liberty amat khuatir kerana ramai ahli-ahli politik dan berbagai pihak lain terlalu cepat memuji pihak polis dalam menyelesaikan kes pembunuhan ngeri  Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya dan tiga orang rakannya yang lain. Apa yang diperlihatkan dalam kes ini sebenarnya amat jauh sekali daripada kecekapan, daya...
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Sosilawati’s case: Don’t be so quick to praise the police

Sosilawati’s case: Don’t be so quick to praise the police 17 September 2010 Lawyers for Liberty is troubled that many politicians and others have been too quick to praise the police for solving the gruesome murder of Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three other associates. What this incident has shown – far from an effective,...
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Hukuman mati dalam & luar novel

Hukuman mati dalam & luar novel

Beberapa hari yang lalu, saya membaca novel The Chamber karya John Grisham. Novel ini novel lama, yang diterbitkan pertama kali kira-kira 15 tahun lepas. Watak utama novel ini ialah Adam Hall, seorang peguam muda yang baru setahun menjadi peguam. Kisah hidup Adam dalam novel ini mengambil masa sebulan. Dalam masa sebulan, Adam terpaksa mempersiapkan...
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AMINULRASYID: PERHITUNGAN TERAKHIR

Pada 8 September 2010, Lawyers for Liberty mendampingi keluarga Allahyarham Aminulrasyhid Amzah serta ahli keluarga mangsa-mangsa penembakan polis bagi menyerahkan memorandum tuntutan keadilan kepada Menteri Dalam Negeri  Hishamuddin Hussein Onn. Amat disesalkan mereka dilayan dengan sikap sambil lewa dan acuh tidak acuh oleh para pegawai Kementerian Dalam Negeri. Pihak Kementerian tidak menunjukkan sebarang usaha...
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AMINULRASYID: THE FINAL RECKONING

On 8th September 2010, Lawyers for Liberty accompanied the family of Aminulrasyid Amzah and other police shooting victims to hand over a memorandum seeking justice to the Home Minister Hishamuddin Hussein Onn. Regrettably, they were met with apathy and indifference by officials at the Home Ministry. They made no effort to find out what the matter...
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