I received an email via facebook about Raja Petra being released by the court.
This show that ISA is dacronian but is not almighty.
I would reproduce the content of the above mentioned email herein below for your perusal:
“Amnesty International welcomed the release today of Malaysia blogger Raja Petra but called on the government to stop using the Internal Security Act [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bloggers' Rights'
1st Blogger Detained Under ISA Was Released
November 9th, 2008 · No Comments
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3rd Malaysian blogger being arrested under Seditious Act
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
This article is contributed by eLawyer.com.my
Following Raja Petra and Abdul Rashid Abu Bakar, the famous blogger Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, the owner of a web blog- Kickdefalla is the 3rd Malaysian blogger being arrested under the Sedition Act 1984.
Syed is accused for inciting people to fly Malaysian national flag upside down as a protest against [...]
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Another Court Case Against Malaysian Blogger – Raja Petra
August 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This time Raja Petra is sued by a senior lawyer, Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who went to court to apply for an ex parte injunction (ex parte means order of injunction given without (or exclude) the other party in another word only 1 party presence) to order Raja Petra as the editor of www.Malaysia-Today.net, to [...]
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Another Malaysian blogger being arrested – Abdul Rashid Abu Bakar
August 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
After Raja Petra, the 2nd blogger who was arrested under Seditions Act in Malaysia is Abdul Rashid Abu Bakar, whose blog is Penarik Beca (trishaw peddler).
Abdul Rashid was arrested late in the evening on 7 August 2008 in his home.
Based on the press realease from the Centre for Independent Journalism, Abdul Rashid “was detained for publishing
in his blog a [...]
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Speech given in the Asian Law Students Internatinal Conference 2008
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
As mentioned in my previous post, I will pen down my speech given during the ALSIC 2008.
To be frank, since the event was held few months ago, I have misplaced the main speech paper and now could not able to allocate it. However, I still keep some points of the full speech in a note book, which I [...]
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