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Banned from writing

Prison sentence deferred

Published on 30 August 2012Read

Malaysia

Poor ruling

Court’s ruling on cartoonist’s suit sets disturbing precedent for media freedom

Published on 31 July 2012Read

Malaysia

Ruling on cartoonist’s suit awaited, ban on political cartoons still in place

The final hearing in a civil action that the political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, also known as Zunar, brought against the Malaysian state (...)

Published on 19 July 2012 Read

Malaysia

Blogger held under draconian Official Secrets Act

Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed to learn that the blogger Syed Abdullah Hussein Al-Attas has been held since yesterday under the (...)

Published on 5 July 2012 Read

Malaysia

Media freedom in Malaysia is far from assured, open letter tells prime minister

Reporters Without Borders has written an open letter to Prime Minister Najib Razak urging him to guarantee press freedom in Malaysia, where the (...)

Published on 15 May 2012 Read

Malaysia

Major protest prompts attacks on journalists, censorship and missing media replaced by civil society

Reporters Without Borders condemns the use of violence against journalists during a major civil society demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on 28 (...)

Published on 5 May 2012 Read

Malaysia

Two journalists set upon during environmental demonstration

Reporters Without Borders deplores the assaults on Adam Chew and Lee Hong Chun, journalists with the Chinese-language newspaper Kwong Wah Jit (...)

Published on 2 March 2012 Read

Malaysia

Fired reporter says his newspaper was used for propaganda purposes

Reporters Without Borders condemns the daily Utusan Malaysia’s decision on 21 April to fire one of its journalists, Hata Wahari, because he (...)

Published on 10 May 2011 Read

Malaysia

Head of journalists’ union facing dismissal for criticising his newspaper

Reporters Without Borders condemns the way that Hata Wahari, the president of the National Union Of Journalists Malaysia (NUJ), is being treated (...)

Published on 19 April 2011 Read