Antara hukuman mati dengan peluang kedua

Pada 10 Jun 2010 yang lepas, beberapa kumpulan aktivis hak asasi manusia dan perundang-undangan tempatan, antaranya Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), Jawatankuasa Undang-undang Perlembagaan Majlis Peguam, Amnesty International dan Lawyers For Liberty (Peguam untuk Kebebasan) telah mengadakan sidang akhbar di Majlis Peguam. Sidang akhbar tersebut bertujuan untuk mengiringi dan memberi sokongan kepada peguam hak asasi daripada…

Lawyers for Istana Negara workers lodge police report

It was reported in The Sunday Star that almost 1,000 migrant workers hired by 130 sub-contractors to work on the RM800 million Istana Negara project on Jalan Duta had not been paid for the last five months and were living in fear and frustration either because they did not have work permits or could not afford to renew permits which had expired.

Migrant workers claim they’re being held to ransom by bosses

©The Star by BAVANI M and JAYAGANDI JAYARAJ KUALA LUMPUR: Many foreign workers hired to build the new RM800mil Istana Negara claim they have not been paid over the last three months despite working seven days a week. Living in fear and frustration, the workers alleged they were exploited and cheated and held to ransom…

When can we commemorate World Refugee Day?

By Eric Paulsen http://www.sun2surf.com/ IT was heartening to see the whole world condemning the Israeli attack on the aid flotilla bound for Gaza. While the Palestinians’ struggle for a homeland deserves all the international aid, support and solidarity – we must not turn a blind eye to others with a similar or even worse plight…

Encik Anwar, please bend over

It has been almost 12 years since Anwar Ibrahim, newly sacked as deputy prime minister, was first charged with trumped-up charges of sodomy and corruption, and subsequently put through two trials which were condemned around the world as manifestly flawed and politically motivated. He spent six years in detention, in solitary confinement throughout, after his…

PRESS RELEASE (9.6.2010)

On 8.6.10, a Committee of Privileges of the Dewan Rakyat had denied opposition leader Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s right for his lawyer’s participation during the hearing of the complaint against him. Similarly, Selangor’s SELCAT (Select Committee on Competence, Accountability and Transparency) denied the right of Kapar MP S. Manickavasagam to have his lawyer participate effectively…

Polis trafik panggil kakak Aminul beri keterangan

Kakak Aminulrasyid Amzah – Tuty Shaniza Anum – dipanggil polis sekali lagi hari ini – kali ini oleh polis trafik – untuk memberi keterangan berhubung kereta yang digunakan oleh adiknya yang mati polis pada awal pagi 26 April lalu. Tuty Shaniza tiba di cawangan trafik IPD Shah Alam di seksyen 11, pada kira-kira jam 6…

Institusi Polis: Mengawasi dan Diawasi?

Fadiah Nadwa binti Fikri | May 19, 2010 04:55:45 pm Kerisauan dan kemarahan yang yang timbul baru-baru ini disebabkan kes Aminul Rasyid Amzah adalah kesan daripada hilangnya keyakinan kepada institusi polis.  Institusi inilah yang sepatutnya menjalankan tugas mengikut lunas undang-undang dan bukannya berselindung di sebalik impuniti (pengecualian daripada hukuman) setiap kali kejadian tembakan yang menyebabkan…

Man Lodges Report Over Police Shooting

SHAH ALAM, May 19 (Bernama) — A man has lodged a police report that he was shot by police at a roadblock in Section 7 here at midnight on April 16 last year. Shahril Azlan Ahmad Kamil, 26, said he lodged the report as no action was taken after the first lodged by his father…

Isu perisik: Wartawan Harakah dipanggil polis

Polis merakamkan kenyataan wartawan akhbar web PAS Harakahdaily ekoran laporannya berhubung pembabitan agen Israel dalam pasukan polis, seperti didakwa Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Dzulfikar Mashoor atau nama sebenarnya Zainurfaqar Yaacob dipanggil membantu siasatan ekoran laporannya berjudul ‘Asiasoft: Ujian genting bagi Hishammuddin’ pada 10 April di laman web parti Islam itu. Sehingga kini, laporan…

In defence of DVD pirates

DEC 7 — I refer to the government’s latest plan to curb video piracy — “Armed to fight piracy” (Sunday Star, Dec 6) where Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that the government was considering a proposal to take action against the private owners of even one pirated video.…