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15 paź 2020 · Malaysia: Draft Media Council Act (July 2020) October 2020. Executive summary. In this analysis, ARTICLE 19 reviews the draft Media Council Act, July 2020 (the Draft Act), currently being discussed in Malaysia, for its compliance with international freedom of expression standards.
- Malaysia: Establishment of the Media Council must not violate media freedom
Setting up the Media Council must be a part of broader...
- Malaysia: Communications and Multimedia Act - ARTICLE 19
In February 2017, ARTICLE 19 analysed the Communications and...
- Malaysia: Establishment of the Media Council must not violate media freedom
Malaysian authorities must immediately put an end to their increasing attacks on freedom of expression and the media, international non-governmental organisations Amnesty International, CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today.
The constitution guarantees press freedom, but draconian legislation allows the authorities to restrict this freedom by sending journalists to prison: up to 20 years for those accused of violating the 1948 Sedition Act and 14 years for the 1972 Official Secrets Act. The Printing Presses and Publication Act gives the government strict control ...
23 lut 2024 · Setting up the Media Council must be a part of broader reforms in Malaysia to improve human rights protection and to amend or repeal all problematic laws such as the Printing Presses and Publication Act (PPPA), the Sedition Act, Section 233 of the CMA, Section 203 of the Penal Code and Official Secrets Act (OSA) that continue to endanger ...
30 kwi 2021 · For the past few years Malaysia had been making great strides in press freedom. Under its first democratically elected government for decades, repressive laws were repealed, giving the...
24 mar 2017 · In February 2017, ARTICLE 19 analysed the Communications and Multimedia Act of Malaysia (the Act) for its compliance with international human rights standards, in particular the right to freedom of expression.
This media report, produced NUJ Malaysia with the International Federation of Journalists Asia-Pacific, highlights the various cases of government imposition into the media freedom space and the severe actions being taken against journalists and activists from civil society.
