6 pemimpin BERSIH dipanggil polis

BERSIH mendakwa enam pemimpin mereka yang terdiri daripada aktivis NGO dan pemimpin politik dipanggil polis untuk disoalsiasat hari ini. Mereka adalah pengerusi gabungan itu Ambiga Sreenevasan, ahli jawatankuasa pemandunya Maria Chin Abdullah, exco kerajaan Selangor Teresa Kok, aktivis sosial Hishamuddin Rais, koordinator kumpulan peguam Lawyers for Liberty Fadiah Nadwa Fikri dan Setiausaha Agung Parti Sosialis…

Anil Netto: Bersih 2.0: Day of arrests

Yesterday saw a spate of arrests – all in connection with Bersih, and more police action follows today. Last night, Khairul Anuar (also known as Jonah) was arrested for wearing a yellow Bersih T-shirt at a gerai in Uptown Shah Alam near the site of a proposed Bersih 2.0 road-show event. Jonah was questioned about…

Peserta Bersih perlu tahu hak mereka berdepan polis- LFL

Kuala Lumpur : Pertubuhan Lawyers For Liberty (LFL) menganjurkan bengkel terbuka berhubung hak peserta ketika  perhimpunan Bersih 2.0 pada 9 Julai ini. Peguam, Fadiah Nadwa Fikri berkata, bengkel tersebut diadakan bagi memberi pendedahan tentang hak peserta perhimpunan sekiranya mereka berdepan salahgunakuasa atau ditangkap polis. “Persediaan awal sangat penting dan mereka menyertai perhimpunan ini tidak perlu…

ABC Radio speaks to Renuka of LFL re refugee swap deal (again!)

Debate continues on the Australia Malaysia asylum swap Updated June 17, 2011 12:52:52 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is determined to push on with her plan to send 800 unprocessed asylum seekers to Malaysia, despite both houses of Australia’s Parliament condemning the policy. The details are still being hammered out, with reports of sticking points…

SBS Australia speaks to Renuka of LFL re refugee swap deal

Malaysian human rights promises questioned By Kerri Worthington Listen Download Episode 00:03:31 3MB   Detainees in Malaysian detention facility (AAP) A Malaysian refugee lawyer says she doubts Malaysia can maintain human rights standards it might promise in an asylum seeker swap deal with Australia. World News Australia Radio on Facebook World News Australia Radio on…

Malaysia asylum talks stall over identity papers

NEGOTIATIONS over the refugee swap with Malaysia are stuck on Australia’s insistence that asylum-seekers sent to Malaysia be given identity papers to ensure they are not harassed by police and that Kuala Lumpur give an explicit commitment not to send refugees back to the country they fled. As both houses of federal parliament yesterday passed…

ABC Radio speaks to Renuka Balasubramaniam of LFL re refugee swap deal

ALTERNATE WMA VERSION | MP3 DOWNLOAD BRENDAN TREMBATH: The Australian Government is under renewed attack today over its plan to send 800 unprocessed asylum seekers to Malaysia. The Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has indicated today she’ll push to amend the Migration Act. If she succeeds the Federal Government will have to gain Parliament’s permission before sending asylum…

Press Statement: The Malaysian government should rescind President al-Bashir’s invitation despite his cancelled visit

We, the undersigned Members of Parliament and Lawyers for Liberty, are seriously concerned over reports that the Malaysian government had invited Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to attend the Langkawi International Dialogue from 19 to 21 June. This invitation is certainly disgraceful and outrageous as President al-Bashir is a suspected war criminal and subjected to arrest warrants by the International…

ABC Radio speaks to Eric Paulsen of LFL re refugee swap deal

Australian government to announce Malaysia refugee deal The Australian government is poised to announce the details of its controversial refugee swap deal with Malaysia. Critics are not satisfied by the government’s assurance that refugees’ human rights will be protected in Malaysia, which is not a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Refugees. Alison Carabine…

HRW-Malaysia: Withdraw Invitation to Sudanese President, Al-Bashir Should Not be Welcome at Economic Forum

(New York, June 15, 2011) – Malaysia should withdraw its invitation to President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, an accused war criminal, to attend an international economic forum in Putrajaya from June 19 to 21, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today in letter to Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohammed Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak. The Malaysian Cabinet plans to discuss the matter on June 17. It was reported…

Kartunis saman polis, kerajaan kerana rampas bukunya

KUALA LUMPUR: Seorang kartunis hari ini memfailkan saman terhadap dua anggota polis dan tiga yang lain kerana menahan serta merampas 66 buku dan sebuah lukisan kartun miliknya. Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaque atau Zunar dan syarikat miliknya, Sepakat Efektif Sdn Bhd menamakan Asisten Superintendan (ASP) Arikrishna dan ASP Marina Hashim sebagai defendan pertama dan kedua manakala…

Cartoonist sues cops, govt

Zunar wants the court to declare that his arrest was done in bad faith, and order the return of his books which were seized. KUALA LUMPUR: Cartoonist Zulkiflee SM UlHaque, better known as Zunar, and his company, Sepakat Efektif Sdn Bhd today filed a civil suit here against the police and the government. The suit…