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Malaysia: Bookstores raided, news portal blocked, activists criminalised and sedition law used to stifle dissent
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- 28.11.2023
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- Malaysia
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- women
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- land rights
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Malaysia: Blocking of websites, use of sedition law and harassment of protesters, undermines fundamental freedoms
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- 10.08.2023
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- attack on HRD
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- labour rights
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- protest
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- censorship
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- HRD threatened
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Malaysia: Use of restrictive laws and harassment of protesters persist under new government despite reform commitments
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- 05.04.2023
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Protesters face judicial harassment while restrictions to freedom of expression persist in Malaysia
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- 17.11.2022
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- HRD prosecuted
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Malaysian police continue to harass protesters and activists and criminalise online expression
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- 20.06.2022
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Malaysia starts its UN Human Rights Council term by harassing activists, protesters and critics
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- 07.02.2022
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Harassment of activists, critics persist in Malaysia as new Prime Minister comes to power
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- 13.10.2021
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Unrelenting harassment of activists and critics by police to stifle all forms of dissent in Malaysia
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- 28.07.2021
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- Malaysia
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- youth
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- criminal defamation
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Malaysian government continues to silence dissent with emergency and repressive laws
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- 07.04.2021
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- Malaysia
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Free speech under assault in Malaysia as government targets students, online critics and journalists
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- 27.11.2020
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- Malaysia
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- youth
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Malaysian police ramp up persecution of Al Jazeera, journalists and activists to stifle criticism
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- 05.08.2020
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- Malaysia
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- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted