Open letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia co-signed by FORUM-ASIA and other 32 civil society organisations across Asia: Malaysian government must stop ongoing crackdown and honour its pledge to repeal the Sedition Act We are alarmed that the Sedition Act, an archaic piece of legislation that was originally used to suppress dissent during the colonial era, is not only still in place in Malaysia, but is now being used indiscriminately by the current Malaysian government to stifle democratic space in the country. Under the vague and overbroad provisions of the Sedition Act, almost any kind of speech may be criminalised, making it open to blatant abuses by the government. Such a repressive law certainly has no place in any modern democratic society. Read & Download the whole open letter on our website
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:35:44 +0000
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