Posts Tagged ‘ Detention without Trial ’

Remember the dead in Sri Lanka – 18 May

18 May, 2010
By Lord Bobo
Remember the dead in Sri Lanka – 18 May

Thousands died because of war crimes in Mullivaikal, Sri Lanka a year ago. Attend a Remembrance Event tonight at Brickfields Girls Guide Hall (or at least light a lamp at home). Sign Amnesty's petition.
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Lawyers Call for End to Police Abuse of Authority – Bukit Aman, 31 March

1 April, 2010
By Ong Jo-Lene
Lawyers Call for End to Police Abuse of Authority – Bukit Aman, 31 March

Lawyers and concerned citizens gathered at Bukit Aman for a peaceful show of protest against the manhandling and obstructing of lawyers in performing their duties and the blatant abuse of oppressive preventive detention laws which allows for detention without trial.
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Memorandum of Protest to the IGP on the Police’s Manhandling and Brief Arrest of Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad

31 March, 2010
By Lord Bobo

Memorandum of Protest to the IGP on the Police’s Manhandling and Brief Arrest of Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad at the Jalan Duta Court Complex, Bukit Aman, 31 March 2010 Introduction On 25th March 2010, Khaeryll Benjamin Ibrahim@ Benjy was charged for drug possession of 0.24 gram methametphamine under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 at...
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Any Law that Goes Against Human Rights Ceases to be Lawful

30 March, 2010
By Elza Irdalynna

Elza Irdalynna's letter about her brother Khaeryll Benjamin Ibrahim @ Benjy's ordeal - from his impeded access to counsel to his re-arrest under preventive detention laws; where on the same day his lawyer, Amer Hamzah Arshad was manhandled and briefly arrested by the police.
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From Judges To Gestapo Type Police: Tyranny of abuse of powers

30 March, 2010
By NH Chan
From Judges To Gestapo Type Police: Tyranny of abuse of powers

When powers are abused there is no tyranny like them. The abuse of powers by police is a consequence of the bad example set by judges when they refuse to apply the law as it stands or when they apply double standards in their judgments.
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GMI should thank police

3 August, 2009
By Shanmuga K

GMI, thank the police - you would never have got this kind of publicity with a proper police force cognizant of their role in a democracy.
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