Tag: Freedom of Expression / Information / Speech
Nipped and Tucked’ from Translation: Censorship in Vietnam
Censorship in Vietnam is a common topic for the foreign press and rights organizations like Human Rights Watch or the Committee to Protect Journalists. Though both have done good and painstaking work, what gets out to the public is often a macro look at censorship: the locking up of...
Seven Years in Jail for Using Reuters
Australian journalist Alan Morison wrote to his father to let him know he could not make it back to Australia for his birthday last year because he was a prisoner in Thailand. "My passport has been seized because I am being accused by the Royal Thai Navy of criminal...
Malaysia is ‘partly free’ in human rights report
Malaysia was given a "partly free" rating in human rights report, Freedom in the World 2015, along with a downward trend due to the government's frequent use of the Sedition Act last year.
Posted on 16 February 2015 - 09:35pm
Last updated on 17 February 2015 - 01:39am
Lee Choon Fai
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PETALING JAYA:...
THREE BLOGGERS GET JAIL TERMS FOR “ABUSING DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS”
The sentences, passed on 12 February, were clearly unjust and violated freedom of information and expression.
February 18, 2015
by Defend the Defenders • Do Nam Trung, Le Thi Phuong Anh, Pham Minh Vu • Tags: RSF
The sentences, passed on 12 February, were clearly unjust and violated freedom of information and...
Malaysia sets new world record — Lim Teck Ghee
Malaysian authorities at a special press conference yesterday announced that they were submitting to the Guinness Book of World Records their claim for initiating the most number of seditious cases in the world on a per capita basis.
Published: February 20, 2015 12:18 PM
FEBRUARY 20 — Malaysian authorities at a...
After activist’s arrest, cartoonist vows to vilify Putrajaya at Geneva conference
A local cartoonist said today he will “expose” Putrajaya’s alleged arbitrary use of federal laws to silence the opposition when he speaks next month at the United Nations (UN) forum on human rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Published: February 20, 2015 11:37 AM
UPDATED: February 20, 2015 03:27 pm
KUALA LUMPUR,...
Singapore: Blogger’s Conviction Violates Free Speech
Alex Au’s blogging on judicial accountability in Singapore furthers the public’s right to information. Sending him to prison would merely highlight the injustice of Singapore’s archaic crime of ‘scandalizing the judiciary.’ - Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director
Revoke Colonial-Era ‘Scandalizing the Judiciary’ Offense
February 22, 2015
(New York) – A Singapore court’s...
Malaysia Must Listen to What Protesters Have to Say, Not Attack Them
"Bersih" means clean in Malay, and the demonstrations had been organized to call for free and fair upcoming elections, and also a broad range of endemic human rights issues in the country.
Josef Benedict
Amnesty International's Campaigns Director for South East Asia
Posted: 08/28/2015 12:17 pm EDT Updated: 08/28/2015 12:59 pm EDT
LONDON...
Free speech restrictions intensify ahead of elections – HRW
The Myanmar election commission should immediately revoke new regulations that prohibit political parties and candidates from criticizing the Myanmar military and the constitution on state media, Human Rights Watch said in statement on 1 September.
By Mizzima
On Tuesday, 1 September 2015
The Myanmar election commission should immediately revoke new regulations that...
Defending Indonesia’s Fragile Media Freedom
These attitudes reflect the uphill battle the president faces in trying to restrain the censorship reflexes of elements of the government and security forces who want not only to maintain their foreign media chokehold on access to Papua, but to make it a template for all of Indonesia.
Phelim Kine
Deputy...
