The freed Malaysian civil rights activist Maria Chin Abdullah received a rapturous welcome when she arrived at Kuala Lumpur’s Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) last night. Even pouring rain could not dampen the […]
Malaysian civil rights activist Maria Chin Abdullah has been released. Maria Chin, who is the chairwoman of the Bersih 2.0 Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, was arrested on November 18, the […]
Hundreds of Malaysians are taking part in vigils for the civil rights activist Maria Chin, who is still being held under terrorism legislation and is spending her ninth night in detention. The […]
The Malaysian activist Maria Chin Abdullah, who is being held under legislation intended to be used against terrorists, is spending her seventh night in detention. The civil rights leader is being held […]
Police in Malaysia have raided the headquarters of the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR, or People’s Justice Party). They were searching for evidence to back up the allegation that the MP for […]
The planned Kita Lawan (“We fight”) rally went ahead yesterday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur despite a warning by the country’s police chief that participants would be arrested. It went off […]
Two Malaysian MPs, Rafizi Ramli and Chua Tian Chang – better known as Tian Chua – have been arrested prior to a major protest rally in Kuala Lumpur today (Saturday). A third […]
Six people have been arrested during a sit-in at Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) in central Kuala Lumpur. They include two Perak state assemblymen who are reported to have been assaulted by police. […]
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 […]
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 […]
French sculptor Paulo Grangeon has brought his “1,600 pandas” exhibition to Malaysia to raise awareness about the number of the animals now left in the wild. Grangeon braved the heat and jetlag […]
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