Lawyers For Liberty condemns the act of police brutality inflicted on student activists who were peacefully assembling to demand academic freedom in front of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) on January 1,2012 at about 12.30am. The police have unlawfully used excessive force against peaceful and unarmed students in their attempt to disperse the students.A number…
2011 akan melabuhkan tirainya tidak berapa lama lagi. Tahun ini telah menyaksikan beberapa sejarah yang telah merubah lanskap politik Malaysia. Ternyata tsunami politik pasca PRU-12 masih lagi menunjukkan bisanya walaupun pelbagai usaha dilakukan oleh kerajaan memerintah untuk menawarkan ‘bisa’ gelombang kebangkitan rakyat. Mengambil ‘berkat’ rancangan Maharaja Lawak yang bakal berakhir hujung tahun ini, saya mengandaikan…
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…
Upon the release of their friends, they chanted outside of the police station, “Hidup Hidup! Mahasiswa!” “Student Power!”. There was so much hope and strength in those voices. The air was filled with conviction. Conviction in the face of lawlessness that robbed 15 students of their liberties, the price they had to pay for believing…
Venue : Shah’s Village Hotel, No. 3 & 5 Lorong Sultan, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Date : 18th December 2011 (Sunday) – 10 am to 12pm Speakers : Matthew Albert, Renuka T. Bala In early May 2011, the Australian and Malaysian governments suddenly announced a…
Lawyers For Liberty condemns the tabling of the Freedom of Assembly Bill in Dewan Rakyat today as the Bill clearly appears to be an affront to the constitutional guarantee of the right to peaceful assembly which is enshrined in Article 10(1)(b) of the Federal Constitution. The Prime Minister has once again reneged on his public…
As the government comes under fire for using the soon-to-be abolished law to detain alleged terrorists, critics are told to let the police do their job. UPDATED PETALING JAYA: MCA today urged PAS and others not to politicise the recent arrest of 13 suspected terrorists in Tawau, Sabah, under the Internal Security Act (ISA). MCA…
On this year’s Malaysia Day, Prime Minister Najib Razak surprised the nation by announcing that the draconian Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) will be abolished in the hope of building a nation that “practices functional and inclusive democracy where peace and public order are safeguarded in line with the supremacy of the Constitution, the rule…
“Maka menerusi belas kasihan Tuhanlah kamu [Wahai Rasul] berlemah-lembut terhadap mereka. Sekiranya kamu bersikap keras lagi berhati kasar, tentulah mereka menjauhkan diri darimu. Maka maafkanlah mereka dan mohonkanlah ampunan bagi mereka; dan bermusyawarahlah dengan mereka dalam urusan awam…..” [3:159] Perbahasan mengenai homoseksualiti dan Islam bukanlah perkara asing dan taboo bagi para pengkaji dan pemikir. Daripada…
Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) refers to the statement made by Perkasa representative Irwan Fahmi Ideris against the recently banned “Seksualiti Merdeka” annual festival and Bersih chairperson Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan’s scheduled involvement in officiating it. We are outraged at this display of prejudice and intolerance. Perkasa’s attack is against the freedom of speech and expression which is accorded to every…
Belum pun reda dengan kejayaan gerakan mahasiswa menekan Universiti Islam Antarabangsa untuk menarik balik penggantungan Prof. Dr Abdul Aziz Bari baru-baru ini. Mahkamah Rayuan telah mencatatkan satu lagi sejarah dalam gerakan mahasiswa apabila telah mengisytiharkan Seksyen 15(5)(a) Akta Universiti & Kolej Universiti 1971 bercanggah / ‘ultra-vires’ dengan Perkara 10 Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Hakim Dato’ Hishamudin Yunus…
The Court of Appeal today ruled that section 15(5)(a) of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) is in breach of Article 10 of the Federal Constitution which guarantees freedom of speech and expression. Section 15(5)(a) of UUCA prohibits students from expressing their support, sympathy or opposition to any political party and in breach…
Lawyers for Liberty, as an organization that stands for human rights is appalled by recent statements made by former PM Mahathir and former IGP Rahim Noor. It seems that these well-known figures are getting away with making absurd and irresponsible statements such as likening the human rights struggle to communism. Indeed it comes as no…