Press Statement Malaysia is not obliged to provide special treatment to Zakir Naik 18 September 2019 We refer to the police reports and threats to file defamation suits by Zakir Naik against five prominent Malaysians who have spoken out against him. The five individuals are Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy, Bagan Dalam…
Press Statement Freedom of speech via social media must be protected 14 September 2019 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the recent surge in online policing of social media posts that touch on sensitive issues such as race, religion and royalty. On 11 September 2019, four individuals were arrested for making allegedly offensive…
Press Statement The harassment against Shia Muslims must end 13 September 2019 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the state religious authorities’ coordinated campaign of harassment against Shia Muslims with neither proper justification nor constitutional authority. In the past week, dozens of Shia Muslims, including foreigners, have been arrested following a series of…
Press Statement Protect Sisters in Islam instead of attacking and smearing them 28 August 2019 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the dismissal by the Kuala Lumpur High Court of Sisters in Islam (SIS)’s judicial review application against a 2014 Selangor fatwa, with costs. The fatwa had made a sweeping declaration that SIS and…
Press Statement Singapore’s claim that Pannir Selvam did not write letters from prison is false & baseless, handwritten copies exist 24 August 2019 We refer to the statement issued by Singapore Prison Services late yesterday claiming that letters from prison published in the media was not written by Malaysian death row prisoner Pannir Selvam…
Press Statement Singapore must drop bid to disbar Malaysian death row prisoner’s lawyer, M Ravi 20 August 2019 We refer to Singapore’s move to take action against human rights lawyer M Ravi who has been representing the family of Malaysian citizen Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, who is on death row in Changi prison. Nagaenthran is an…
Press Statement Singapore must withdraw unacceptable threat against Pannir Selvam’s lawyer 16 July 2019 This statement is in relation to threats made by the Singapore authorities against lawyer N Surendran who has been representing Malaysian death row prisoners, including Pannir Selvam Pranthaman. Pannir, who is sentenced to death for a drug offence, was granted…
Press Statement Four Malaysian citizens face imminent execution in Changi prison; Singapore must halt this serial hanging 12 July 2019 We have received disturbing information on the fate of death row prisoners at Singapore’s Changi prison. We can confirm that over the past week up to 10 prisoners have had their clemency petitions rejected…
Press Statement Wan Ji’s imprisonment under the Sedition Act a huge stain in Malaysia Baharu 9 July 2019 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the Shah Alam High Court’s decision in upholding the sedition conviction against Wan Ji Wan Hussin and further allowed the prosecution’s cross-appeal to enhance his imprisonment sentence of nine…
Press Statement Latheefa Koya’s appointment as Chief Commissioner of the MACC 4 June 2019 We refer to the announcement today that Latheefa Koya, co-founder and Director of Lawyers for Liberty joined the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) as its new Chief Commissioner. Latheefa’s long standing track record as a human rights lawyer and activist will…
Press Statement Breach of Prison Act & denial of medical treatment caused the death of Proosothaman 28 May 2019 Yesterday, a post-mortem was conducted on the body of Proosothaman a/l Marimuthu at the Sungai Buloh Hospital. The deceased, a 25-year-old male was a remand prisoner at Sungai Buloh Prison since December 2018 when he…
Press Release: Final Appeal of the family of Pannir Selvam Pranthaman to the M’sian Govt to halt Friday’s execution in Changi prison We are the family of Pannir Selvam Pranthaman who is scheduled to be executed by Singapore for drug trafficking on Friday 24 May 2019. There is only 3 days left before our…
Press Statement Malaysian citizen Pannir Selvam scheduled for execution in S’pore on 24 May has been denied his constitutional rights 18 May 2019 On 17th May 2019, the family of Malaysian citizen Pannir Selvam a/l Pranthaman aged 32 were notified by Singapore that he would be executed at Changi prison the following week. …
Press Statement PH government’s deportation of Thai national at risk of persecution is similar to the BN regime’s methods 14 May 2019 On 10 May 2019, Malaysia deported Praphan Pipithnamporn back to Thailand, despite grave concerns that she will be persecuted by Thailand’s military junta, and against Malaysia’s obligations under international law. Praphan…
Home Ministry’s response to accusations of backtracking on reforms is dishonest, flimsy & similar to the former BN govt’s excuses 22 April 2019 In a statement on 20th April 2019, the Home Ministry responded to accusations of backtracking on reforms by claiming that discussions are still ongoing with the police, AGC and others to amend…