Tag: Freedom of Expression / Information / Speech
Reporters take plea to Thai PM’s office over Rohingya trafficking story
Two Phuket-based journalists facing a law suit from the Thai Navy over a story they wrote about the trafficking of Rohingya migrants have put in a plea to the Thai Prime Minister’s Office for the case to be dropped, according to Phuketwan on January 23.
24 January 2015 | Written...
So what’s your freedom worth?
As the world experiences the worrying expansion of global radicalism, reports of violence and killings committed in the name of religion evoke all sorts of emotions – it propels humanity into extreme ends: you either strongly disagree or strongly agree with the atrocities committed in the name of God,...
South Moluccas: Nine Activists Sentenced to Prison Following Peaceful Protest
Nine political campaigners, who had been arrested following a peaceful march in April 2014, were sentenced to prison for treason on 22 January 2015. The detainees received individual sentences of one to four years imprisonment. The verdict exemplifies the harsh approach of the Indonesian Government in dealing with South...
Rights group slams police raid of cartoonist Zunar’s office
Human Rights Watch Asia has slammed the Malaysian police's move to raid the office of satire cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Alhaque, better known as Zunar, and to seize copies of his books as a further assault on freedom of expression.
Published: 28 January 2015 7:35 PM
The watchdog's deputy director Phil Robertson...
Mass surveillance ‘endangers fundamental human rights,’ says study
Mass Internet surveillance endangers fundamental human rights and has not helped to prevent terrorist attacks, a top European human rights body concluded after analyzing documents leaked by Edward Snowden in 2013.
Loek Essers | Jan. 28, 2015
Mass Internet surveillance endangers fundamental human rights and has not helped to prevent terrorist...
Criticisms against govt show freedom of speech alive in Malaysia’
Najib's remarks after a lawyer was investigated by police last week over his criticism of federal Islamic authorities, making him the latest person caught up in the government dragnet that began last year.
Published on: Thursday, January 29, 2015
Kuala Lumpur: The criticism against Putrajaya on social media demonstrates that freedom...
Human rights lawyer Eric Paulsen charged with sedition
Human rights lawyer Eric Paulsen was today charged with sedition over his Twitter post which allegedly criticised the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) for spreading extremism via Friday sermons.
BY JENNIFER GOMEZ Published: 5 February 2015 11:29 AM
Paulsen, who is executive director of civil society movement Lawyers for Liberty, posted...
NGOs slam proposed law on election speech
Cambodia's leading human rights groups have condemned the ruling and opposition parties’ reported efforts to stymie their voices during election campaigns, arguing such restrictions would violate freedom of expression.
Thu, 5 February 2015 | Meas Sokchea
Cambodia's leading human rights groups have condemned the ruling and opposition parties’ reported efforts to...
NCPO shuts down free speech talk
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has asked journalists and a German human rights group to call off a press conference today announcing its report on Thai press freedom.
Published: 30/01/2015 at 06:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has asked journalists and a...
Malaysian lawyer pleads “not guilty” to sedition charge
Malaysian lawyer Eric Paulsen has pleaded "not guilty" to a sedition charge over his tweet accusing a government Islamic body Jakim of promoting extremism.
POSTED: 05 Feb 2015 12:40
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian lawyer Eric Paulsen on Thursday (Feb 5) pleaded "not guilty" to a sedition charge over his tweet accusing a...
