Category - Malaysian

Malaysian authorities challenged over new crackdown on dissent

agency reporter — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:31:10 +0100

Amnesty International has called on the Malaysian authorities to release five government critics arrested in the last week, if they cannot charge them with recognisable criminal offences. The wave of arrests is part of a new crackdown on dissent.

Malaysian opposition says government misusing Islam to compromise pluralism

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:21:35 +0000

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has said multi-racial harmony in his country is under threat by State-sponsored Islamic puritanism that has damaged the constitutional rights of other faiths in the Muslim-majority nation