Constitutional Law Lecture Series – Fifth Lecture: “Protection of Minority Rights under the Constitution” [TBC]
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Constitution, not Umno, protects minority rights, critics tell Annuar Musa
Source: The Malay Mail Online KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Minority rights that Tan Sri Annuar Musa claimed were protected and provided by Umno come instead from the Federal Constitution, said lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle. Rebutting the Umno information chief’s remarks on Friday that the existence of Chinese schools, names and […]
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Call to ban Evangelicalism simply wrong, says constitutional lawyer
Source: The Malaysian Insight EVERY Malaysian has the right to profess and practise his or her religion according to the Federal Constitution, and this right may not be restricted or denied by the state, a constitutional lawyer said, on the call to ban Evangelical Christianity in Malaysia. Lawyer Syahredzan Johan said to outlaw evangelicalism here […]
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‘Anti-evangelism laws’ not for Malaysia, deputy home minister says
Source: The Malay Mail Online KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — Datuk Nur Jazlan Muhammed is against a suggestion for Malaysia to ban Christian evangelism. The deputy home minister said outlawing the movement is counterproductive and will only drive its followers underground, in response to a non-governmental organisation leader’s call for similar legislation to Russia’s Yarovaya […]
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Minister: Anti-evangelism laws ‘myopic’, violate human rights
Source: The Malay Mail Online KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — A Cabinet minister today slammed the so-called Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy’s (Centhra) demand for the formulation of anti-evangelism laws, saying such a proposal is narrow-minded, and violates basic human rights on religious freedom. Labelling the proposal as ignorant, minister in the Prime […]
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PAS Youth claims state laws insufficient to protect Islam, curb Christian evangelicalism
Source: The Malay Mail Online KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 ― Federal laws to curb Christian evangelicalism are needed because state laws have failed to restrict the movement among Malay Muslims here, PAS Youth alleged today. The Islamist party’s department of law and human rights director Wan Rohimi Wan Daud said in a statement that statistics […]
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Selangor fail injunksi halang inkuiri SPR
Sumber: FMT News PETALING JAYA: Kerajaan Selangor yang diketuai PKR memfailkan permohonan injunksi untuk menghalang Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menjalankan siasatan ke-2 ke atas persempadanan semula di Semenanjung sehingga kesnya diputuskan mahkamah. Ia juga mahu mahkamah mengeluarkan perintah untuk menghalang SPR menyerahkan laporan persempadanan semula kepada Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak yang di bawah […]
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Cheat sheet on lawsuits against the EC’s proposed redelineation
Source: The Malay Mail Online KUALA LUMPUR ― Voters and state governments continue to be locked in legal battles over the Election Commission’s (EC) proposed redelineation exercise, though there’s just about a year till fresh elections must be called. Several court cases against the EC have been dismissed or dropped, but there are still eight […]
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The Appointments of the Chief Justice and the President of the Court of Appeal as Additional Judges are Unconstitutional and Unprecedented — Malaysian Bar
Source: The Malaysian Bar PRESS STATEMENT The appointments of YAA Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Md Raus Sharif, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia (“current Chief Justice”) and YAA Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, President of the Court of Appeal, as additional judges have the effect of keeping them in judicial office […]
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Azalina: Raus’ appointment based on former CJ’s advice
Source: FMTNews July 11, 2017. PETALING JAYA: Putrajaya today defended the extension to chief justice Md Raus Sharif and Court of Appeal president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin’s respective tenures, stating it was based on the Federal Constitution and on the advice of the then Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria, before he retired. Minister in the Prime Minister’s […]
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There’s good news and there’s bad news — Azmi Sharom
Source: The Star Online BY AZMI SHAROM First came a surprise ban, but it was followed by an inspiring, heartwarming Court of Appeal decision. THE banning of the book Breaking the Silence: Voices of Moderation – Islam in a Constitutional Democracy came as a surprise to me. I wasn’t surprised that it was banned. The Government has banned […]
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Orang Asli discriminated against, laments retired judge
Source: FMT News PETALING JAYA: A retired judge says the Orang Asli in the peninsula do not enjoy equal rights and protection under the law compared with the Malays and natives of Sabah and Sarawak. Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus said Parliament should amend the Federal Constitution to accord protection to the Orang Asli. “The Malays […]
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Constitutional Law Lecture Series – Sixth Lecture: “Freedom of Speech & Expression in a Functioning Democracy”
Freedom of expression is regarded by many as the cornerstone of a democratic society. It is recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and many other international human rights instruments. The Federal Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and expression as stated in Article 10. It comes as no surprise that attempts to stifle the […]
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Don’t equate constitution with shariah, says lawyer
Source: FMT News PETALING JAYA: An official of the Shariah Lawyers Association has disputed Islamic scholar Jasser Auda’s view that the Malaysian constitution is in line with the spirit of the shariah. Ab Kadir Ismail, who heads the association’s Selangor chapter, said no man-made body of laws could claim to be in the spirit of […]
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Hak untuk tidak beragama juga dijamin perlembagaan, kata bekas hakim
Sumber: FMT News PETALING JAYA: Perlembagaan Persekutuan menjamin kebebasan beragama termasuk hak untuk tidak mengamalkan apa-apa agama, kata beberapa pakar undang-undang. Bagaimanapun, bekas hakim dan peguam yang ditemubual berkata pengecualian dibuat terhadap penganut Islam berdasarkan keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan pada 2007 di mana mereka yang ingin menukar agama daripada Islam ke agama lain mesti mendapat kebenaran […]
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‘Freedom of religion includes freedom to opt out of religion’
Source: FMT News PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Azhar Harun today responded to a deputy minister who claimed atheism was in contradiction with the Federal Constitution, saying freedom of religion includes the choice to “opt out of religion”. In a Facebook post addressed to Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, Azhar, popularly known […]
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Atheism is not unconstitutional, legal minds tell deputy minister
Source: FMT News PETALING JAYA: The Federal Constitution guarantees freedom of religion which includes the right not to practice any religion, a retired judge and a lawyer said. Former Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram and lawyer K Shanmuga, however, said an exception had been made for Muslims following a Federal Court ruling in 2007 that […]
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Lawyers: Being atheist, promoting atheism protected by Constitution
Source: The Malay Mail Online KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — The Federal Constitution protects the right of Malaysians to be an atheist and to promote atheism, lawyers have said. Civil rights lawyer Syahredzan Johan said being an atheist is protected under the Federal Constitution, also noting that there are no constitutional provisions specifically prohibiting the […]
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Religious group supports atheists’ rights
Source: The Malay Mail Online KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — Malaysia has no laws that force people to have a religious affiliation, a minority faith group told a deputy minister who claimed that atheism was illegal. Jagir Singh, chairman of the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST), said that atheists […]
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Arbitrary Sedition Act makes ‘promoting atheism’ a crime, lawyers explain
Source: The Malay Mail Online KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — The Sedition Act could be used by the government against those who promote atheism in limited situations due to the law’s broad definitions and the current state of Malaysia, lawyers have said. Civil rights lawyer Syahredzan Johan said there is no specific legislation that makes […]
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