Civil society organisations who share a common interest in promoting, protecting, and defending the right to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly today released a monitoring report on the #LAWAN protest and events surrounding the 31 July 2021 protest in Kuala Lumpur including incidents of intimidation before and after the protest.
Nalini Elumalai is an activist who has been fighting tirelessly for about 15 years. If you’ve not heard of Nalini, she’s a relentless and fearless human rights defender, someone who’s there at almost every single progressive rally and protest.
It’s been slightly more than 10 years since the iconic BERSIH 2.0 rally that took place on the 9th of July 2011. Authorities fired tear gas and water cannons. Close to 1700 people were arrested. But it did not break the spirits of those who were protesting, who marched on nonetheless.
Fahmi Reza was arrested on sedition charges over satirical Spotify playlists.
Yesterday, a group of activists peacefully gathered outside of Parliament to protest the Emergency (Essential Powers) (No 2) Ordinance 2021 or simply known as the Fake News Ordinance.
ARTICLE 19 and CIVICUS examines the Perikatan Nasional government's record on fundamental freedoms during its first year in power.
The First Amendment of the United States Federal Constitution (above) is what makes “free speech” in the US so unique, even when compared to other countries in the West.
BFM spoke to FOE Cluster co-chairs Wathshlah Naidu and Nalini Elumalai in their 'What if Malaysia' series on what it would be like if there was freedom of speech here like in the United States of America.
The Malaysian government’s use of blasphemy provisions to censor discourse about Islam and other religions does not comply with international freedom of expression law and standards. Article 19 has prepared a briefing paper setting out the international law and standards relating to blasphemy provisions.
