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Tag: Freedom of Speech

Covid: How the war on the virus attacked freedom in Asia

Safoora Zargar was more than three months pregnant when she was arrested in the Indian capital Delhi for participating in … More

Civil Society, Covid19, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protest

Vietnam writer jailed for 12 years over articles critical of government

HANOI: A Vietnamese activist was jailed for 12 years on Tuesday (Dec 15) after writing articles critical of the government and posting … More

Avtivist, Freedom of Speech, Poetry

What Is Important To Sabah Voters?

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad laments that Malaysian voters can be bought. It’s fine to talk when you have billions. But … More

1MDB, Abuse of power, Accountability, Autonomy, Backdoor government, Competency, Corruption, Covid-19, Cronyism, Democracy, Federalisation, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of Speech, GDP, Good governance, GST, LGBT, MA63, Nepotism, oil royalty, PATI, Sabah, Separation of powers, State Election, Transparency, Wastage of taxpayers’ money

Shaky Malaysian Government’s Clampdown Grows

Muhyiddin, his head not far from the block, consolidates power Journalists, reform organizations, political activists, opposition parliamentarians and others are … More

Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Government, Muhyiddin, Parliament, Perikatan Nasional, Transparency

Sedition case against Philippine teacher who threatened Duterte’s life dropped

Warrantless arrest of Ronnel Mas, who tweeted he would pay anyone willing to kill Duterte, is ‘unlawful’, says judge Ruling … More

Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Right, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, Sedition

Malaysia : Why racism, religious extremism were rife under Pakatan Harapan?

A government that genuinely upholds freedom of speech and freedom of expression cannot selectively grant them to certain segments of the population; it would have been undemocratic. But, give people too much freedom, and they abuse it.

Barisan Nasional, Freedom of Speech, Malaysia, Opinion, Pakatan Harapan, Policy, Politics, Racism

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