The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) strongly condemns the use of the ISA on YB Teresa Kok, Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Tan Hoon Cheng and other ISA detainees. The ISA which allows for arbitrary arrest and detention without trial, contravenes the basic rights of a person in a democratic country as enshrined in the […]
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JAG DEMANDS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL ISA DETAINEES AND THE ABOLITION OF THE ISA
Published by September 21st, 2008 in Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsTERESA KOK RELEASED, HOW ABOUT OTHERS?
Published by September 21st, 2008 in Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsGerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) welcomes the release of Member of Parliament of Seputeh and senior executive councilor of Selangor state government, Teresa Kok. Teresa Kok was released unconditionally today at 1pm after she has been detained for seven days without trial under the Section 73(1) of draconian Internal Security Act (ISA).
Teresa Kok was arrested under […]
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/
ISA Threat to Anwar Ibrahim
Published by September 18th, 2008 in Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsHINDRAF urges its supporters to remain calm and focussed in the wake of the new threat of the use of ISA against opposition leader Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
It is highly likely that the Government which is led by the bully and fascist UMNO would resort to every trick possible to stay on power even at […]
ABIM condemns use of ISA
Published by September 17th, 2008 in Detention without Trial and Malaysian NGOs. 0 CommentsThe Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) strongly affirms that Malaysia is a country of laws not of men. We are a country which respects the rule of law and its equal application to all citizens under our Constitution and our guiding Islamic principles.
At no time should a person be detained without undergoing due process […]
Burmese Groups Condemn Arrest of Malaysian MP
Published by September 17th, 2008 in International Affairs and Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsBurmese opposition groups are protesting the Malaysia government’s recent arrest of an opposition member of parliament, a blogger and a journalist under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for extended periods of detention without trial.
Malaysia authorities arrested Teresa Kok, Malaysia Today blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin and journalist Tan Hoon Cheng of Sin Chew Daily […]
Malaysian parliament should abolish Internal Security Act
Published by September 17th, 2008 in Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsNew information about the arbitrary detention of five Malaysian government critics obtained by Amnesty International researchers, highlights the need for the Malaysian parliament to immediately abolish the country’s Internal Security Act, Amnesty International said today.
A recent Amnesty International mission to Malaysia researching the human rights situation there established that the sole reason for the detention […]
Internal Security Act Factsheet
Published by September 17th, 2008 in Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsDue to ongoing development of the Internal Security Act (ISA), CPPS would like to present its factsheet focusing on the ISA. Issues governing the ISA enables the factsheet to provide the historical background of ISA, highlighting its facts and statistics, its legal framework, players governing the ISA, positions for and against the ISA, related practices […]
Call on All Politicians and Political Parties: Follow Zaid’s Suit, Fulfill Moral Obligations, and Openly Reject Draconian Laws and the Government that Uses Them
Published by September 16th, 2008 in Detention without Trial. 1 CommentSUARAM welcomes the decision of Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Zaid Ibrahim to resign from his position in the government in protest against the government’s use of the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA) in a series of arrests last week, and also its general failure to respond to calls for reforms, in particularly the […]
MEMORANDUM TO SUHAKAM: STOP USING ISA ONCE AND FOR ALL! RELEASE ALL ISA DETAINEES IMMEDIATELY!
Published by September 16th, 2008 in Detention without Trial. 0 CommentsGerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) or Abolish ISA Movement which consists of more than 83 non-governmental organisations, political parties, trade union, human rights bodies, women and student bodies, and the undersigned Civil Society Organizations, express our utter disgust over the use of the Internal Security Act (ISA) on 58-year-old editor of popular news portal Malaysia Today, […]
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