KUALA LUMPUR: A coalition of 30 NGOs will hold a peaceful rally at Dataran Merdeka on Dec 9 to compel the government to put an end to extrajudicial killings, deaths in custody and other forms of violence perpetrated by the state against members of the public. The rally is scheduled to begin at 2pm. The…
HE only had four more months left to the end of his two-year prison sentence, and had even optimistically asked his mother about the family’s Deepavali preparations this year. But merely five days after M. Sooriakandhi’s last visit to her son, she was told her son died due to AIDS-related complications. R. Kumar Rajah, 27, was…
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR vice-president N Surendran and Subang MP R Sivarasa today demanded the Home Ministry to order the police to refer the remains of R Kumar Rajah for a post-mortem. The Kajang prison inmate was in excruciating pain for several days and died on Oct 29, but his mother M Sooriakandhi was only informed…
PETALING JAYA: A 27-year-old man, serving time at the Kajang prison, died yesterday, and his family is alleging that his life could have been saved if prison authorities had been sensitive to his plight. Relating the case at the Kajang Hospital mortuary, G Sivamalar of Lawyers for Liberty said inmate Kumarajah died due to negligence…
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JOHOR BAHRU: Sepasang suami isteri memfailkan saman terhadap empat anggota polis dan tiga yang lain bagi menuntut ganti rugi kerana mendakwa secara cuai menembak mati anak lelaki mereka empat tahun lepas. Sapiah Md Ellah, 54, dan suaminya, Arin Abdullah, 59, dari Felda Simpang Waha, Kota Tinggi, menamakan Konstabel Mohd Izzuddin Rahim, Koperal Masrom, Kostabel Nazmi…
KUALA LUMPUR: The parents of a student, who was allegedly shot dead by the police three years ago, is suing the police and Government for damages over his death. Arin Abdullah, 59, and Sapiah Md Ellah, 54, are seeking general damages, special damages of RM1,850 and other damages deemed fit by the count over the…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — Norizan Salleh, 32 menfailkan tuntutan saman dengan menamakan kerajaan Malaysia, ketua polis daerah Sentul, ketua polis negara dan seorang pegawai polis sebagai defendan selepas mangsa tembakan polis tersebut gagal mendapat pembelaan hampir tiga tahun. Norizan mendakwa dia telah menerima lima tembakan dan dalam tuntutannya menuduh pihak polis telah melanggar…
KUALA LUMPUR: A single mother who survived being shot in the lung by the police three years ago is suing the Inspector-General of Police and the Government. She said that the police firing at her without justification. Norizan Salleh, 32, also named the officer who allegedly shot her, Mohd Firdaus, and the Sentul police chief…
Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern Deputy Home Minister Abu Seman Yusop statement in Parliament today that the government has no plans to abolish the death penalty – all the more shocking since it coincided with the World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October. The death penalty has no place in any…
Who’s accountable? When will it all stop? Date: 26 September 2012 (Wednesday) Time: 8:00pm – 10:00pm Venue: Pusat Rakyat LoyarBurok 3-4 (Tingkat 4), Jalan Bangsar Utama 3 Bangsar Utama, 59000 Kuala Lumpur Panel of Speakers Phil Robertson Deputy Asia Director, Human Rights Watch N.Surendran Co-founder & Adviser, Lawyers for Liberty Nalini Elumalai Executive Director, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) Over the last decade, hundreds of people have died in…
Siapa bertanggungjawab? Bila ianya akan berakhir? Tarikh : 26 September 2012 (Rabu) Masa: 8:00 ptg– 10:00 ptg Tempat: Pusat Rakyat LoyarBurok 3-4 (Tingkat 4), Jalan Bangsar Utama 3 Bangsar Utama, 59000 Kuala Lumpur Panelis Phil Robertson Timbalan Pengarah (Bahagian Asia), Human Rights Watch N.Surendran Pengasas Bersama & Penasihat, Lawyers for Liberty Nalini Elumalai Pengarah…
We, the undersigned civil society organisations in Malaysia, deplore the one-sided and highly irresponsible New Straits Times (NST) front cover story on 21 September 2012 which alleged two global funders and nine organisations which received grants from them are part of a “plot to destabilize the government”. We find the report by journalist Farrah Naz…
KUALA LUMPUR: New Straits Times has been asked to issue an unreserved apology to six civil society organisations named in a front page report alleging a “plot to destabilise the government”. The six NGOs were Bersih, Centre for Independent Journalism, Lawyers for Liberty, Merdeka Centre, Southeast Centre for E-Media and Suaram. The local English daily…
PETALING JAYA: Suaram denied today that it is a tool for foreign hands to destabilise the Malaysian government as alleged by New Straits Times (NST) daily today, adding that the US-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has no say in its direction or projects. NST claimed today that the Washington-based NED is seeking to destabilise…