The Court of Appeal today ruled that section 15(5)(a) of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) is in breach of Article 10 of the Federal Constitution which guarantees freedom of speech and expression. Section 15(5)(a) of UUCA prohibits students from expressing their support, sympathy or opposition to any political party and in...
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Lawyers for Liberty, as an organization that stands for human rights is appalled by recent statements made by former PM Mahathir and former IGP Rahim Noor. It seems that these well-known figures are getting away with making absurd and irresponsible statements such as likening the human rights struggle to communism. Indeed it comes as...
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Lawyers for Liberty once again calls upon Prime Minister Najib Razak not to dilute the protection that international law accords to refugees. With the purported agenda of busting people smuggling and combating human trafficking, the Malaysian Government, has reiterated its determination to revive the scandalous refugee swap deal despite the Australian High Court’s finding...
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http://www.merdekareview.com/bm/news.php?n=12386 Fadiah Nadwa Fikri | Oct 24, 2011 11:16:57 pm Minggu lepas kita digemparkan dengan satu berita penggantungan seorang ilmuwan Undang-Undang Perlembagaan, Prof Dr.Abdul Aziz Bari oleh Universiti Antarabangsa Islam Malaysia. Penggantungan tersebut adalah berikutan kenyataan beliau berkenaan batasan kuasa Sultan di bawah Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang merupakan undang-undang tertinggi di Malaysia. Secara peribadi, penggantungan Prof Dr.Abdul...
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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20, 2011): There is an urgent need for the government to set up a royal commission to investigate the death of Customs Department assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamad at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here on April 6. His cousin, Makhtar Mansor, 53, who was representing the deceased’s family, said the...
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THE family of the late Selangor Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed is seeking a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into his death. Rejecting court findings that the death was “accidental”, the family claimed that there were elements of foul play in the incident. The deceased’s cousin Mokhtar Mansor said the family was willing...
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The opposition takes a swipe at Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein for his response to the shooting of the three teenagers at Glenmarie last year. KUALA LUMPUR: Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein’s one-paragraph written reply to a question seeking an update of the Glenmarie shootings involving three teenagers has drawn the ire of opposition parliamentarians. Puchong...
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Lawyers For Liberty strongly condemns the suspension of Prof Aziz Bari’s duty as professor of constitutional law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia regarding his comments on the scope and limitations of constitutional powers of the King. This is clearly a denial of his basic right to freedom of speech guaranteed under Article...
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PETALING JAYA: The family of Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed yesterday rejected the coroner’s court’s verdict that his death was accidental. Instead, they called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to be set up to probe into his death. Lawyer N. Surendran, who represented the family during a press conference in Merchant Square here,...
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Surendran menegaskan tindakan itu bukan bertujuan untuk menentang sesiapa tetapi demi menuntut keadilan di atas kematiannya. PETALING JAYA: Keluarga Allahyarham Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed yang ditemui mati April lalu menuntut agar Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja (RCI) ditubuhkan untuk mengendalikan inkuiri berhubung kematian Penolong Pengarah Kastam Selangor terbabit. Tuntutan itu disuarakan peguam yang mewakili keluarga, N Surendran...
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