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PUTRAJAYA (Sept 14): Malaysia is committed to implementing the aspects outlined in the United States Department of State’s (US DOS) Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to move out of the Tier 2 watchlist, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. He said that Malaysia’s success of

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 14 — Malaysia is committed to implementing the aspects outlined in the United States Department of State’s (US DOS) Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to move...

After much trouble, the memorandum was successfully presented to Mohamad Sabu’s representatives.

Murray Hunter The Anwar Ibrahim administration aka the Madani government has been in power for more than nine months now. As a commentator trying to tell the people the reflections I am seeing, these have met push back with a number of standard criticisms. The most common one has been that Anw

The Malaysian government says it has no plans to scarp controversial security legislation adopted to fight terrorism but used to repress all forms of dissent. Disappointed, ASEAN parliamentarians for human rights call for a “stop [to] the use of draconian measures that curtail fundamental freedoms.”

PETALING JAYA: Any amendments to the controversial Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) must be in line with international human rights standards, says the Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR).

Abolish all detention without trial laws.

‘No one should be incarcerated without trial.’

PETALING JAYA: More details should be provided on the proposed changes to the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma), say advocates and criminal lawyers.

PUTRAJAYA (Aug 23): The federal government has no intention to repeal the controversial Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), Ramkarpal Singh said today. Instead, the deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said the government plans to in