10 out of the 12 persons who were arrested by Putrajaya police district yesterday (23rd October 2008) for submitting a handwritten letter urging Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to release all Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees were brought to Kajang Magistrate’s Court this morning.
The police applied for a two-week remand to facilitate their investigation. After […]
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Urgent Appeal Update: Seeking Your Support for the release of P Vwaishhnnavi and 11 other people
Published by October 27th, 2008 in Appeal. 0 CommentsRaja Petra Kamaruddin given two-year ISA detention order
Published by September 23rd, 2008 in Appeal and Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsRaja Petra Kamaruddin, editor of the popular political blog, Malaysia Today, today (23 September 2008) received a two-year detention order under Section 8(1) of the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA). The detention order was signed by Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar. Section 8(1) of the ISA states, “If the Minister is satisfied that the detention […]
International appeal to free RPK, Teresa & Other ISA detainees
Published by September 18th, 2008 in Appeal and Detention without Trial. 1 CommentDr. Lim Teck Ghee created an international appeal to free RPK, Teresa and
other ISA detainees. Please support the petition and forward to your
Malaysia or oversea friends.
http://www.petitiononline.com/isa1234/petition.html
Klang MP Charles Santiago has launched an online petition to reject the
draconian DNA identification bill 2008. Please read below link :
http://www.petitiononline.com/dnabill/
UPDATE: Sin Chew Daily News reporter Tan Hoon Cheng has been released! Raja Petra Kamaruddin and MP Teresa Kok still being detained!
Published by September 13th, 2008 in Appeal and Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsGerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI)/Abolish ISA Movement (AIM) was informed that Sin Chew Daily News reporter Tan Hoon Cheng has been released. Penang state police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Wira Ayub Yaakub said Tan was sent to her house in Bukit Mertajam at 4.15pm. She was released Saturday after a one-day detention under the Internal Security […]
URGENT APPEAL: Seeking Your Support for release of Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng and Teresa Kok the Selangor senior executive councillor and Seputeh parliamentarian
Published by September 13th, 2008 in Appeal and Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsGerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI)/Abolish ISA Movement (AIM) strongly condemn the use of the Internal Security Act (ISA) on the Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng and Teresa Kok the Selangor senior executive councillor and Seputeh parliamentarian.
Tan Hoon Cheng, 33 has been arrested today under ISA at 8.30pm at her home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang […]
Urgent Appeal - Sanjeev Kumar
Published by September 10th, 2008 in Appeal and Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsSanjeev Kumar, who has been detained without charge or trial for over a year, is not receiving the medical treatment he needs for injuries apparently sustained during torture. He is paralyzed on the left side of his body. His condition may deteriorate further if he does not receive immediate medical treatment.
Sanjeev Kumar was arrested on […]
Anwar Ibrahim Arrested: At Risk of Police Abuse of Powers
Suaram strongly condemns the high-handedness and the excessive show of powers by the police in arresting People Justice Party (PKR) de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim at his house in Bukit Segamat, Kuala Lumpur at about 1pm today.
According to his eldest daughter Nurul Izzah, the arrest was […]
Dear Friends of Myanmar,
In response to the devastating effects of cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, the Community Development and Civic Empowerment Program of Chiang Mai University is currently collecting donations for the newly established CDCE Nargis Disaster Relief Fund.
CDCE supports the bottom-up process of civil society development in Myanmar by offering capacity building trainings to community […]
OPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA ON THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN BURMA
Published by May 10th, 2008 in Appeal. 0 CommentsWe, the undersigned, are writing to express our collective concern regarding the terrible humanitarian disaster that has devastated Burma (Myanmar) through cyclone Nargis.
To date 23,000 people have been reported dead with another 41,000 people missing. It is feared that the actual death toll is much higher. Whole towns and villages have been submerged […]
Drop Charges against Raja Petra and Syed Akbar, Respect Freedom of Speech and ExpressioN
Published by May 8th, 2008 in Appeal and Civil Liberties. 0 CommentsThree days (6 May 2008) after World Press Freedom Day (which fell on May 3), Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin and former banker Syed Akbar Ali have become the first Internet citizens to be charged with sedition.
Raja Petra Kamarudin, editor of news portal and blog, “Malaysia Today”, has been charged in the Petaling Jaya […]
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