Nowhere seems to be a safe haven anymore. Not even home.
Posted inPusatRakyatLB
MCCHR is Looking for a Project Assistant!
The Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR) a.k.a Pusat Rakyat LoyarBurok is a community-based organisation based in Jalan Pantai Baharu, Kuala Lumpur. Established in March 2011, its mission is to promote and protect human rights in Malaysia in accordance with established international human rights principles, treaties and law. The MCCHR has two main […]
Posted inSelected Exhortations
6 reasons why cyber-bullying is so damn frightening
The internet has allowed more cowards to bully
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
The Hotshot Series: The Legal Line — the ultimate compendium for aspiring hotshot lawyers
The truth, warts and all!
Posted inExpress Yourself, UndiMsia!
Defining Online Harassment
…an extension to offline harassment?
Posted inSelected Exhortations
Human Rights Commission Report Highlights Lack of Accountability in Don Sahong Dam Project
Complaint against Malaysian company Mega First Corporation Berhad.
Posted inExpress Yourself
Peninsula — A Review
Yudistra Darma Dorai’s impressions of Rehman Rashid’s latest book.
Posted inTry Me-lah
A Malaysian LoyarBurokker in a California Court
Halfway while a counsel was submitting, his phone rang and the counsel quickly excused himself. The Judge didn’t seem to mind at all and spoke to the Prosecution while the counsel finished his call and put his mobile on his seat.
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What is the value and worth of gender equality in Malaysia?
Toby, currently interning at Pusat Rakyat LB, critically discusses the recent Noorfadilla case (where damages were reduced by 90 percent) and compares this with the approaches of the European Court of Human Rights and the US courts when awarding damages in cases of human rights violations. In the case of Noorfadilla Ahmad Saikin, the Shah […]
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Interference with the Statutory Activities of the Malaysian Bar a Breach of International Norms
Leave the lawyers alone.
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Time for Prosecution Guidelines?
Khadijah who survived the rigorous internship programme at Pusat Rakyat LB discusses the possible benefits of prosecution guidelines to the discourse on freedom of expression in Malaysia. Although the Attorney-General announced that he was dropping the sedition charge against Professor Azmi Sharom in February 2016, the ubiquity of the Sedition Act 1948 left a bitter […]
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
BC’s CPD Motion – Justification Attempts to Hide the Truth
BC, say it as it is, please. My response to Richard’s clarification.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Bar Council’s CPD proposals flawed
Shanmuga K says no to mandatory CPD. Carrot more than stick.
Posted inSave The Children
Curiouser, Curiouser And Curiouser: The Federal Court’s Decision In The Deepa Case
Wei Meng Lim-Kaaba points out three curiosities in the Deepa decision
Posted inSave The Children
Federal Court’s Decision in Viran v Deepa
A brief summary of the Federal Court’s decision in the recent Deepa case.
Posted inExpress Yourself
The Right to Know: An Illusion in Malaysia
In his debut post for LoyarBurok, Surenda Ananth eviscerates the notion that the right to know is not entrenched in Malaysia’s Federal Constitution.
Posted inSave The Children
Child Conversions Raise Serious Constitutional Issues
International human rights lawyer Wei Meng Lim-Kabaa returns to the blawg in dissecting the Court of Appeal’s recent decision on the Indira Gandhi child conversion case.
Posted inJudging the Judges
A Mother’s Desperate Plea For Justice
The recent Court of Appeal decision in the Registrar of Muallafs, Ipoh v Indira Gandhi a/p Mutho has provoked much discussion. Retired Judge NH Chan weighs in with his view. A mother’s distress and her desperate cry for global support in her quest for justice for her children who had been forced to convert to […]
Posted inTry Me-lah
Yazid and Hilmi acquitted of terror charges, sentenced to alternative charge
First SOSMA prosecution ends. Court acquits Yazid and Hilmi of terrorism.
Posted inLet's Talk About Sex, PusatRakyatLB
Sex Education Classes at Pusat Rakyat LoyarBurok
Registration now at http://goo.gl/forms/brv0k9F8Mr. Within our society, many parents continue to find it difficult to discuss the changes their children will encounter as they enter into puberty. Simple examples include: a young girl’s first period, growth spurts, wet dreams, the reproductive organs and how they function….But ask any young person, and they’ll tell you that […]