Impose a permanent moratorium on death penalty in order to extradite Sirul from Australia Press Statement 27 January 2015 In light of the death penalty controversy surrounding Australia’s inability to extradite convicted killer Sirul Azhar Umar to Malaysia unless there is written assurance from the Malaysian government not to subject him to the death penalty…
Press Statement 26 January 2015 Inquire into the root causes of extremism and militancy instead of reviving the ISA Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi’s remarks that the new anti-terrorism bill, to be tabled at the next Parliament session in March, was necessary to curb terrorist activities in the…
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — Police today released lawyer Eric Paulsen after remanding him for two days to probe his post on Twitter that accused a federal Islamic agency of extremism. Paulsen, the executive director of Lawyers for Liberty (LFL), said he is being investigated under Section 4 of the Sedition Act 1948, adding that…
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Lawyer Eric Paulsen was arrested tonight over a Twitter post accusing the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) of spreading extremism through Friday sermons, according to Lawyers for Liberty (LFL). Paulsen was being investigated by police for sedition over the now-deleted message that he had published last week “Latest: @EricPaulsen101 just…
I refer to IGP Khalid Abu Bakar’s tweet on 10 January 2015 which said that I ought to be investigated under the Sedition Act for my tweet on Jakim and further attaching a closed up picture of my face with the word “Biadap”. The IGP’s tweet came following a Twitter campaign by pro-Umno cyber-troopers and…
LFL Press Statement 8 January 2015 3 month jail contempt sentence for blogger, excessive and disproportionate Lawyers for Liberty condemns the excessive and disproportionate three month jail sentence that was affirmed by the Federal Court today, on blogger Amizudin Ahmat for breaching a High Court order when he published on his blog 11 articles on…
The Home Minister must come clean over extraordinary letter “protecting” Paul Phua Press Statement 5 January 2015 Lawyers for Liberty is extremely concerned regarding the letter sent by Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to the FBI dated 18 December 2014 which vouched for the integrity of former Macau junket operator and gambling kingpin, Paul…
Press Statement Kelantan Pas government must reveal hudud amendments and implementation plan 23 December 2014 Lawyers for Liberty is shocked at the Kelantan PAS government’s extreme haste in holding a special state assembly sitting on 29 December 2014 to table an amendment on the Syariah Criminal Laws Act II 1993 (Amendment 2014) despite the controversy…
Press Statement 16 December 2014 Implementing hudud would destroy the Constitution Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the Kelantan PAS government’s plan to hold a special state assembly sitting on 29 December 2014 in order to table an amendment on the Syariah Criminal Laws Act II 1993 (Amended 2014) and take a further step…
Walaupun ditentang hebat oleh pelbagai pihak, Pas dalam kebijaksanaannya masih lagi berkeras bahawa sekarang adalah waktu yang sesuai untuk melaksanakan undang-undang hudud di Kelantan dan akan mengadakan sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri Khas pada 29 Disember ini untuk mengemukakan satu pindaan terhadap Rang Undang-undang Kanun Jenayah Syariah II 1993 (Pindaan 2014). Hudud merupakan sebahagian daripada undang-undang…
Press Statement Acquittal in N. Dhamendran’s murder case reaffirms “killing fields” lock-up 12 December 2014 Lawyers for Liberty is outraged at the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision today to acquit the four policemen Inspector Hare Krishna, Sergeant Jaffri Jaafar, Corporal Mohd Nahar and Corporal Mohd Haswadi Zamri who were charged for the murder of…
LFL Press Statement 10 December 2014 The government must disclose collaboration with the CIA or extraordinary rendition process Lawyers for Liberty is extremely concerned with Malaysia’s probable involvement in the brutal CIA program to detain and interrogate terrorism suspects in the years after the September 11 attacks, including extraordinary rendition which was heavily indicted by…
In conjunction with World Human Rights Day on December 10, instead of the usual state of human rights in Malaysia and the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, here are my top 5 enemies of human rights in Malaysia. 1. Prime…
LFL Press Statement 6 December 2014 Decision to imprison a woman for terminating a pregnancy is archaic and excessive Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the prosecution and subsequent one year imprisonment sentence imposed by the Bukit Mertajam Sessions Court against the Nepalese migrant worker for terminating her pregnancy. See “Nepalese worker first woman…
Press Statement Implementation of the Sabah migration report must take a rights-based, reasonable and realistic approach 4 December 2014 Lawyers for Liberty welcomes the release of the Report of the Commission of Enquiry on Immigrants in Sabah as a major step forward in tackling the thorny issue of migration in Sabah. Although the report is…