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Moratorium on use of repressive laws lifted despite promises at the UN human rights council
Published at
04.12.2018
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights

Activists in Malaysia facing various forms of harassment from authorities
Published at
19.11.2019
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- protest
- women
- harassment
- positive CS development
- criminal defamation

Ongoing use of defamation laws raises questions of Malaysia’s reform credentials
Published at
25.07.2019
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation

Freedom of expression imperiled in Malaysia
Published at
07.10.2016
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- public vilification

Activist convicted for satirical caricature of prime minister
Published at
14.03.2018
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- restrictive law
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- criminal defamation

Slow progress on human rights reforms as new government approaches 100-day mark
Published at
10.08.2018
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- land rights

Despite commitment to reforms in Malaysia, fundamental freedoms still being restricted
Published at
08.10.2018
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- women
- restrictive law
- environmental rights
- youth
- harassment
- access to info. law
- excessive force
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- land rights

Reforms at risk in Malaysia while repressive laws continue to be deployed around the pandemic
Published at
27.03.2020
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- positive CS development
- restrictive law
- criminal defamation
- protest

Malaysian police ramp up persecution of Al Jazeera, journalists and activists to stifle criticism
Published at
05.08.2020
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- office raid
- refugees and migrants
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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: 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: 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

Malaysia: Government stifles expression, increases online controls and facilitates transnational repression
Published at
15.01.2025
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- place restrictions
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights