Malaysia’s government on Monday defended its decision to deport a young Saudi journalist who may face persecution at home for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter. International rights groups have slammed the deportation but Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysia was not a safe haven for fugitives. Jiddah-based newspaper columnist Hamza Kashgari, 23, was…
A day after Malaysia deported a 23-year old Saudi Arabian journalist to face charges of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter, his Malaysia-based lawyers are hoping to keep the case alive in Malaysia’s courts, even though it’s unlikely to affect the journalist’s fate in his home country. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Internet surfers check their Twitter accounts…
Malaysia on Sunday deported a young Saudi journalist wanted in his home country over a Twitter post about the Prophet Mohammed, defying pleas from human rights group who said he faced execution. Hamza Kashgari, who was detained in Malaysia on Thursday after fleeing Saudi Arabia, has now left the country, national police spokesperson Ramli Yoosuf said. “He was deported to…
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Malaysia deported a Saudi Arabian blogger today, police said, despite fears voiced by human rights groups that he could face execution in his home country over Twitter comments he made that were deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad. Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old columnist, sparked outrage in the oil-rich kingdom with…
Rights groups today urged Malaysia not to deport a young Saudi writer whose Twitter comments about the Prophet Mohammed triggered calls for execution in his home country. Hamza Kashgari was arrested after arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Thursday and a police spokesman said was still being quizzed. Kashgari fled Saudi Arabia after making…
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18, 2012): A witness in a civil suit by a political cartoonist against the police and the Malaysian government told the High Court here today that the contents of the plaintiff’s book, “Cartoon-O-Phobia” could confuse the people and incite hatred against the leaders. ASP A. Arikrishna who is also the first defendant…
Farhana claimed Bukhairi’s treatment stemmed from authorities’ concern over increasing student awareness in the country. — File pic KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Lawyer for a Universiti Malaya (UM) student who was remanded four days for allegedly refusing to co-operate in an impromptu police search, claimed today authorities are trying to smother growing student…
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — Student activist groups Bebas and Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) say they have photographic and video evidence to back claims of excessive force by police when breaking up an academic freedom rally in Tanjung Malim on New Year’s Day. They also say they have witnesses to police beating protesters. The activists…
VIDEO INSIDE KUALA LUMPUR: The police have been urged to investigate the alleged use of excessive force in dispersing students who gathered at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Tanjung Malim, Perak, in the early morning of New Year’s Day. A representative of the students and spokesperson for the Movement for Academic Freedom (Bebas) Haziq…
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 DECEMBER, 2011: The student activist who was involved in the ‘infamous’ flag-lowering incident has lodged a police report today over an incident involving an attempt by an unidentified man to punch him a few days ago. Adam Adli, 22 from Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idris (UPSI) gave his statement at Dang Wangi police station.…
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Dis — Aktivis Pelajar yang dipercayai menurunkan kain rentang wajah Datuk Seri Najib Razak di Ibu Pejabat Umno sewaktu demonstrasi tempoh hari tampil membuat laporan polis atas insiden kecaman ditumbuk dan ugutan yang diterimanya daripada seorang anggota Polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Bukit Aman. Adam Adli, 22, telah menerima ancaman ditumbuk oleh…
Beliau turut menerima notis pendengaran tatatertib dari Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, tempatnya belajar. KUALA LUMPUR: Pemimpin pelajar, Adam Adli yang menurunkan bendera memaparkan gambar Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak di ibu pejabat Umno di PWTC Sabtu lalu membuat laporan polis berhubung ugutan yang diterimanya. Menurut peguamnya, Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, ugutan itu dipercayai diterima dari…