... and non-normative gender expression, resulting in frequent arrests of transgender people. In February, the Federal Court ruled that section 28 of Selangor’s Shariah Criminal Offences Enactment, which criminalizes ...
Friday, 14 January 2022
... Vote on the special sitting;
b. implement Undi18 by simply gazetting the next working day as the date the constitutional amendment comes in force; and
c. end all arrests , prosecution, and harassment ...
Saturday, 14 August 2021
... two separate incidents of activist arrests , namely the detention of seven activists in Kampung Muhibbahraya, Tawau, Sabah today, and the detention of Fahmi Reza on 23 April 2021.
The arrests of activists ...
Sunday, 25 April 2021
... standard arrests , children and mass migrants arrest, unfair sentencing, extrajudicial punishment, and restriction of press freedom.
As opposed to the view of this current government, human rights ...
Wednesday, 09 December 2020
... mass arrests of undocumented migrants during the pandemic have naturally caused confusion and fear. These arrests will undoubtedly have discouraged many migrants from coming forward regardless of their ...
Monday, 03 August 2020
... for the Inspector General of Police to review its internal policies that allows for such absurd practices.
SUARAM has documented late-night arrests against individuals for alleged offence under the ...
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
... on the abuse of power be it death in custody, police shooting, police abuse of suspects, unlawful arrests and many more.
There seems to be no ending to these events. The men in blue who are suppose ...
Friday, 22 February 2013
... this year, whilst the numbers of arrests have reduced, the police have employed disproportionate and excessive powers pre, during and post BERSIH 3.0. A total of 909 tear-smoke shells were used in comparison ...
Thursday, 30 August 2012
WE would like to clarify the inaccuracies in the statements made by the Kuala Lumpur Mayor, Ahmad Fuad Ismail, as quoted in an April 23 Malaysiakini article.
According to the mayor:
1. Fahmi ...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
... immediately. One of the participants, Khrisnan, aged 33 years old, was beaten up by 15 youths and has been hospitalized at Sentosa Medical Centre.
No arrests were made by the police even ...
Monday, 23 January 2012
... months had expired, the government made new arrests under the ISA based on grounds of terrorism. At present, there are over 50 detainees under the ISA and more than 1,000 are being detained under the Emergency ...
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
... our movement. We have no doubt that strong leadership by the top executive will not tolerate any procedural obstacles to a speedy approval.
We also deplore the ongoing arrests , harassment, and ...
Wednesday, 06 July 2011
... Selangor;
ii. The arrests of citizens in several places for distributing BERSIH 2.0 leaflets and wearing the BERSIH T-shirt;
iii. The arrest of 30 Parti Sosialis Malaysia members in Penang under the ...
Monday, 27 June 2011
...
1 Muted Malaysia is a citizens’ initiative in response to the shrinking public space for expression as evidenced by series of book bans, sackings and arrests involving writers, media practitioners and ...
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
1st May 2011, 10:30am Chow Kit Monorail area. Arrests were already made. SUARAM reports, in total, 21 were taken in by the police.
I walked from Chow Kit Monorail to the location near Maju Junction, ...
Sunday, 01 May 2011
... of refugees as “systematic”, noting that even refugees who are in possession of identity cards issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are not exempt from arrests and detentions.
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Tuesday, 08 March 2011
... openly call for ISA arrests to silence dissent.
Why are the bigoted politicians and their media collaborators so bold in challenging the common sense of Malaysians? They call us the silent majority. ...
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
... by a spate of incidents involving police brutality against blacks. This included beatings, deaths in custody, questionable arrests and intimidation of blacks by the police and even shooting deaths.
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Friday, 16 April 2010
... and many more on the island of St John’s Singapore. The arrests included the University of Malaya’s Malayan Orchid group comprising Joseph K M Tan, Lim Chan Yong, Yap Kon Puck, Ong Cheng Piao, James ...
Saturday, 20 March 2010
... the arrests are baffling for there is neither logic nor structure to them, and thus they can only be viewed as arbitrary orders given and actions taken.
As business premises were forced to shut ...
Tuesday, 27 October 2009