Malaysia: Activist investigated for sedition, protesters harassed and increasing online controls Published at 12.08.2024 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth place restrictions indigenous groups women harassment HRD detained refusal of registration criminal defamation protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Malaysia: Restrictions on freedoms escalating despite international scrutiny at the Human Rights Council Published at 28.03.2024 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Malaysia: Bookstores raided, news portal blocked, activists criminalised and sedition law used to stifle dissent Published at 28.11.2023 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Malaysia: Blocking of websites, use of sedition law and harassment of protesters, undermines fundamental freedoms Published at 10.08.2023 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women attack on HRD harassment labour rights criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Malaysia: Use of restrictive laws and harassment of protesters persist under new government despite reform commitments Published at 05.04.2023 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment negative court ruling protest criminal defamation restrictive law censorship environmental rights Read more
Protesters face judicial harassment while restrictions to freedom of expression persist in Malaysia Published at 17.11.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption harassment labour rights protest criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Malaysian police continue to harass protesters and activists and criminalise online expression Published at 20.06.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants harassment HRD detained labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Malaysia starts its UN Human Rights Council term by harassing activists, protesters and critics Published at 07.02.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest enforced disappearance protest disruption office raid restrictive law harassment criminal defamation Read more
Harassment of activists, critics persist in Malaysia as new Prime Minister comes to power Published at 13.10.2021 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law time,place restrictions LGBTI protest disruption women harassment surveillance protestor(s) detained Read more
Unrelenting harassment of activists and critics by police to stifle all forms of dissent in Malaysia Published at 28.07.2021 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women harassment protestor(s) detained HRD detained restrictive law protest negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted prevention of protest criminal defamation Read more
Malaysian government continues to silence dissent with emergency and repressive laws Published at 07.04.2021 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI negative court ruling criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Free speech under assault in Malaysia as government targets students, online critics and journalists Published at 27.11.2020 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth restrictive law bureaucratic restriction harassment positive court ruling censorship Read more
