Packaged food manufacturers and some companies producing personal care products are progressing in their efforts to source deforestation-free palm oil, but there are many laggards in other sectors, according to a new […]
Outrage is growing in Malaysia over the continued wave of arrests, which has now extended to the media. Three editors from The Malaysian Insider (TMI) news portal were arrested yesterday, and executives […]
The clampdown on dissent in Malaysia took a surreal turn yesterday (Monday) when lawyer Michelle Yesudas was told by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Khalid Abu Bakar, that she was to […]
Malaysian lawyer Eric Paulsen (pictured left) is being detained after his arrest today under the Sedition Act for tweeting remarks about hudud (the Islamic penal code), which the government in the northern […]
Yesterday’s demonstration in front of Merdeka Square. A group of activists in Malaysia have started a hunger strike in protest over the jailing of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, and other demonstrators are […]
The clampdown on the opposition in Malaysia is continuing with the arrest today of the MP for Batu, Chua Tian Chang, better known as Tian Chua (pictured left). The MP tweeted from Dang […]
Malaysian MP Nurul Izzah Anwar, who is the eldest daughter of the jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, has been released on police bail after being detained in the Jinjang lock-up in Kuala […]
In the continued clampdown on opposition in Malaysia, Nurul Izzah Anwar, who is the MP for Lembah Pantai and Anwar Ibrahim’s eldest daughter, has been arrested and will be detained overnight in […]
The clampdown on Malaysian demonstrators continued yesterday (Saturday) with the detention of three more activists. Adam Adli Abdul Halim and Mandeep Singh were arrested after a small, peaceful rally in central Kuala […]
Malaysian youth activist and assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad is spending a second night in detention after his arrest on Sunday. He is being detained under Section 9 (5) of the Peaceful […]
An interim report on the investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 exactly one year ago has just been released in Kuala Lumpur. The 584-page report reveals that the battery […]
An interim report on the investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 exactly one year ago has just been released in Kuala Lumpur. The 584-page report reveals that the battery […]
Malaysian youth activist and Selangor state assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad has been arrested again. His detention follows a mass rally yesterday in which thousands of people marched through central Kuala Lumpur […]
Thousands of people marched through central Kuala Lumpur yesterday calling for the release of Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, the resignation of the prime minister Najib Razak, and reform of Malaysia’s judiciary. […]
On Sunday March 8, it will be exactly one year since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur’s international airport en route for Beijing. The chain of events that then […]
Demonstrators took to the streets of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur again yesterday to demand the release of the jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, the resignation of the prime minister Najib Razak, […]
Malaysian police arrested Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People’s Justice Party) youth leader and state assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad at his home in Denai Alam, Selangor, yesterday (Sunday). He was released on police […]
Police in Malaysia have detained two activists and tried to arrest Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People’s Justice Party) youth leader and state assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. Leading student activist Adam Adli Abdul […]
The lawyers acting for the jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said today that that he faces serious health risks because he is living in a bare cell with just a two […]
A new Malaysian youth coalition has called for a mass demonstration on March 7 and 8 in protest at the jailing of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. The coalition is also demanding the […]
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