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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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