Archive for August, 2009

Merdeka…Merdeka…Merdeka…. UNTUK SIAPA ?

Tanggal 31 Bulan Ogos 2009 merupakan Hari Kemerdekaan ke 52 untuk Malaysia. Satu negara sibuk menyambut kemerdekaan ini, dengan bendera, lampu bewarna warni, shopping dan tidak lupa lagu patrotik.
Tetapi apakah signifikan kemerdekaan untuk rakyat biasa ? Adakah rakyat negara ini betul-betul dapat mengecapi kemerdekaan?
49 tahun negara ini dikawal dengan penggunaan AKTA [...]

Court recognises SIS’s right to challenge ban of their book

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and the Writers Alliance for
Media Independence (WAMI) are pleased with the High Court’s decision to
allow a judicial review over the ban of a book published by
Sisters-in-Islam (SIS).
CIJ and WAMI believe that the court’s decision is an important step in
upholding the constitutional guarantee for freedom of expression.
According to a Bernama [...]

URGENT ACTION NEEDED MALAYSIA STOP WHIPPING, END CORPORAL PUNISHMENT FOR ALL OFFENCES

On the 20 July 2009, the Syariah High Court in the Malaysian state of Pahang sentenced Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, to six strokes of the cane and fined her RM5,000 (approximately US$ 1,400) after she pleaded guilty to consuming beer two years ago at a hotel in Pahang. On 18 August 2009 the same [...]

Abolish whipping for any offence

The Malaysian Bar is heartened to note that the authorities have apparently decided not to proceed with the sentence of whipping in Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno’s case.
As recently as at its 61st Annual General Meeting held on 17 March 2007, the Malaysian Bar resolved to denounce and reject whipping as a punishment for any [...]

Kartika’s Caning is Against the Constitution

Women Candidacy Initiative (WCI) is outraged and questions the legality of the Court’s further imposition after a sentence has been meted out, of an additional 7- day jail sentence on Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor in the Kajang Prison which is due to commence this 24 August 2009.
The total and maximum sentences of RM5,000 fine, 6 [...]

Reverse Decision to Include RELA in Public Policing

Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and Amnesty International (Malaysia) hereby express our grave concerns over the announcement by Kuala Lumpur city CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Datuk Ku Chin Wah that the Civil Defence Department (JPAM) and Rela members will start their duties as volunteer policemen on 18 August 2009.
This announcement was made as part [...]

Implement the recommendations made by the Royal Police Commission and SUHAKAM on matters pertaining to the ISA, EO, RRA and also Section 27 of the Police Act.

Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) expresses our utmost concern on the announcement from the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein who has revealed that the Government will make amendments to the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the Police Act, particularly on the right to hold assemblies. The amendments will be tabled in the October 2009 Parliament [...]

PENEROKA BANDAR KECEWA, MESYUARAT BERLANGSUNG TANPA MB

Hasrat wakil peneroka bandar berdialog bersama MB Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim Jumaat lalu tidak menjadi realiti apabila YAB tidak dapat menghadiri mesyuarat itu. Walaupun telah mendapat tarikh ini daripada Pejabat Menteri Besar sendiri, namun ketiadaan MB hanya diketahui setelah para peneroka masuk ke dalam bilik mesyuarat pada pagi tersebut.
Ini telah mengecewakan [...]

Memorandum to SUHAKAM on Himpunan Mansuh ISA

Background
The Abolish ISA Movement, or more popularly known in Malay as Gerakan
Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) announced on 22 June 2009 that they will be having
a mass rally, Himpunan Mansuh ISA, on 1 August 2009 at 2.00pm to call
for the abolition of the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA). GMI has
been planning this rally since the beginning of [...]

Free Public Forum (FPF) Speaks on : “Kawalan Moral untuk Masyarakat Plural di Malaysia”

Dear friends.
An invitation to join the :
Free Public Forum (FPF) Speaks on : “Kawalan Moral untuk Masyarakat Plural di Malaysia”
Organiser : Free Public Forum (FPF)
Dato : 19th August 2009 -Wed
Time [...]



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