Posts Tagged ‘malaysia’
August 26th, 2009
In Kuala Lumpur, copies of the inaugural issue of Gedung Kartun magazine have been confiscated by officials due to a “lack of publication permit” as well as for “content checking.” The magazine’s editor-in-chief and well-known cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque aka Zunar disputes this and claims to have verbally obtained a license serial number. Read more here (http://www NULL.cijmalaysia NULL.org/content/view/492/8/)
August 13th, 2009
Malaysian rights activists have welcomed the government’s decision not to implement a controversial plan to create an Internet filter blocking “undesirable” websites. The proposal had been described as a “horror of horrors” by the opposition which said it would destroy the relative freedom of the Internet in Malaysia, where the mainstream press is tightly controlled. Read more here (http://www NULL.google NULL.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gm23G0w4pQselyLNyNcddtC9lmGg)
June 24th, 2009
Human Rights Watch has called for the district police in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia to free the 14 Burmese asylum seekers arrested on 19 June at a peaceful celebration of the 64th birthday of the Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more
here (http://www NULL.alertnet NULL.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/72764180e43cd55df915ba73ebe5248c NULL.htm)
May 20th, 2009
The Centre for Independent Journalism (http://www NULL.cijmalaysia NULL.org) is a non-profit organisation that aspires for a society that is democratic, just and free where all people will enjoy free media and the freedom to express, seek, and impart information. CIJ actively advocates for broader space for expression and views and openness of information in Malaysia.
January 22nd, 2009
The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is demanding that authorities ban R&B star Rihanna’s concert to be held in Kuala Lumpur on 13 February.
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November 7th, 2008
Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin has been released from jail after a court ruled that the interior minister, Syed Hamid Albar, had overstepped his authority in ordering the detention of Kamaruddin under the country’s notorious Internal Security Act.
Read more
here (http://www NULL.btimes NULL.com NULL.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/Court_orders_Raja_Petra_to_be_freed20081107100715/Article/index_html)
October 6th, 2008
The sedition trial of Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin begins today in Kuala Lumpar.
Read more
here (http://www NULL.guardian NULL.co NULL.uk/world/2008/oct/06/malaysia NULL.pressandpublishing)
September 24th, 2008
The extension of Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s period of detention to two years is another example of the nefarious uses of Malaysia’s Internal Security Act, says Daniel Chandranayagam. But the reaction of ordinary citizens shows the tide may be turning in favour of free expression
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