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 breach…
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 no…
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 which…
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 Aziz…
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 request…
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 to…
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 MP,…
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 10…
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, said…
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 meminta…
Lawyers For Liberty calls on the Government of Malaysia to immediately abolish the death penalty which resonates the global call to end the death penalty as a form of punishment. The Government of Malaysia is urged to immediately abolish the death penalty, in line with its re-election as a member of the UN Human Rights…
Myanmar refugees and local civil society groups held a demo outside the Myanmar embassy to protest against the military oppression against ethnic minorities in Myanmar. VIDEO INSIDE KUALA LUMPUR: Over 200 Myanmar refugees, including women and children, gathered today near the Myanmar Embassy here to protest against the ongoing military oppression against ethnic minorities back…
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The Kuala Lumpur High Court, today dismissed the Police and Government’s application to strike out Bersih 2007 police brutality suit brought by Aleyasak Bin Hamid @ Hassan. On 12 August 2010 Aleyasak sued the Police and the Government for unlawful arrest, unlawful detention and assault by the FRU personnel during the Bersih 2007 peaceful…
Mothers of the three boys who were shot dead by the police in Glenmarie want the cops involved to be charged. KUALA LUMPUR: Disappointed with the lack of official response over their sons’ deaths, the mothers of the allegedly executed Glenmarie trio have demanded justice. Nor Hafizah Mohd Razali, mother of Syamil Hafiz Shafie, 15,…