On 18th October 2007, High Court judge Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus in a landmark judgment ruled that Abdul Malek Hussin’s ISA arrest and detention for 57 days in 1998 were unlawful and further found that he was tortured while under police custody and awarded him RM2.5 million in damages. The judge in awarding exemplary […]
Archive for November, 2007
Suhakam Should Investigate Torture Chambers & Torture Perpetrators
Published by November 28th, 2007 in Law Enforcement and Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsSri Paandi restaurant denies attackers Hindraf members
Published by November 28th, 2007 in Press. 0 CommentsRE: 1. SRI PAANDI BOSS AND STAFF DENIES EVER MENTIONING TO TV1, TV2, TV3, TV7, BERNAMA OR THE MALAY MAIL AND THAT THE ATTACKERS WHO ATTACKED THEIR WORKERS AND EATERY WERE HINDRAF MEMBERS OR THAT THEY WOULD NOT PAY AS THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR INDIAN RIGHTS AND THAT BUSINESS RIVALRY IS THE REAL CAUSE OF […]
Allow Freedom of Assembly
Published by November 28th, 2007 in Civil Liberties and Law Enforcement. 0 CommentsThe Centre for Public Policy Studies regrets the police prohibition of
and use of violence on a number of recent gatherings in Kuala Lumpur.
Two weeks ago on the 10 th November 2007, BERSIH, a coalition of
non-Governmental organisations and political parties, organised a
march to submit a memorandum calling for measures to ensure free and
fair elections in the […]
Respect and implement the Royal Commissions recommendations on policing immediately
Published by November 28th, 2007 in Law Enforcement. 0 CommentsAmnesty International Malaysia is gravely concern over
the recent turn of events in terms of the conduct and
response by the Royal Malaysian Police towards freedom
of assembly in Malaysia.
We are of the view that the police have resorted to
unnecessary use of force on peaceful demonstrators and
arrested hundreds of people for exercising their
constitutional rights. Amnesty also takes serious
concern […]
HENTIKAN SEGERA SEGALA UGUTAN DAN INTIMIDASI TERHADAP PARA PEKERJA
Published by November 27th, 2007 in Freedom of Assembly and Labour. 0 CommentsGabungan Pekerja Kilang dan Kesatuan (GPKK), JERIT mengecam kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh Timbalan Menteri Sumber Manusia, Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakar bahawa majikan boleh mengambil tindakan tegas termasuk membuang pekerja yang terlibat dalam perhimpunan anjuran HINDRAF (Utusan Malaysia – 27 Nov 2007).
Perkara 10 Perlembagaan Persekutuan menyatakan setiap warganegara berhak untuk berhimpun secara aman. […]
Memorandum to SUHAKAM on the Abdul Malek Hussin Judgment
Suhakam, Jalan Raja Laut, KL
Published by November 27th, 2007
in Event and Detention without Trial.
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Due to the matter above Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) will continue with our Anti ISA Campaign by sending a memorandum to SUHAKAM.
In October 2007, High Court judge Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus in a landmark judgment ruled that Abdul Malek Hussin’s ISA arrest and detention for 57 days in 1998 were unlawful and further found […]
oin Preliminary National Youth Consultation Conference
Bar Council Auditorium, Jalan Leboh Pasar Besar, KL
Published by November 27th, 2007
in Event and Malaysian NGOs.
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Hi, friends….
Recently you all must be reading a lot of issues, the judiciary, the Bersih rally and Hindraf rally. And as youth, there is an opportunity for us to come together to discuss diverse issues that affect us.
So, Youth for Change (Y4C) together with Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Youth Section, Pusat […]
End Discrimination As A Tool of Divide and Rule
Published by November 26th, 2007 in Freedom of Assembly and Civil Liberties. 4 CommentsSuaram condemns the highhandedness and the excessive use of force by police in dispersing the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) rally yesterday.
It is disturbing that the Inspector General of Police, Musa Hassan tried to justify that the police have exercised restraint when in fact countless of tear gas canisters and chemical laced water canons […]
HENTIKAN INTIMIDASI, HORMATI HAK BERHIMPUN !
Published by November 26th, 2007 in Appeal and Law and Justice. 6 CommentsJERIT mengecam sekeras-kerasnya tindakan polis yang menyerang lebih 30,000 penyokong HINDRAF yang cuba berhimpun dan menyampaikan memorandum kepada pihak Kedutaan British. Mereka ini yang cuba berhimpun secara aman dipukul dan diserang dengan menggunakan gas pemedih dan juga air bercampur “chemical” yang memedihkan mata dan kulit.
Pihak polis juga telah menjalankan kempen intimidasi melalui media supaya jangan […]
HINDRAF rally: 136 still detained, others released
Published by November 25th, 2007 in Civil Liberties and Law Enforcement. 1 Comment136 of the approximately 400 who were arrested before and during the HINDRAF rally today (25 November 2007) are still being detained by the police. The rest of those arrested have been released in batches this evening.
Of those held at Police Training Centre (Pusat Latihan Polis, Pulapol) in Jalan Semarak, 60 have been remanded for […]
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