Cases Involving Freedom Of Speech In Malaysia

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Cases involving freedom of speech in malaysia. Even offensive speech is protected. The decision is likely to be appealed to malaysia s supreme court. Sections 298 298a and 500 of the penal code defamation act 1957 restricting the freedom of speech in malaysia as allowed in article 10. Malaysia s prosecutions of peaceful speech over the past year have spread beyond activists and politicians to ordinary citizens on social media.
The parliament of malaysia has passed certain laws e g. Admin s dec 18 2014 a permission has been given to every non muslim to claim in any muslim country that the quran is the word of muhammad and not god and that he or she is going to produce its equivalent or. If there s one thing that can be established off hand it s that freedom of speech is indeed a constitutional right under article 10 of the federal constitution with some limitations. The sedition act of 1948 and the communications and multimedia act 1998 cma remain the authorities most frequently evoked laws used to suppress critical discourse in malaysia.
3 supreme court cases on student speech rights while students have the right to free speech there are limits to what has historically been considered acceptable by courts. This case expands expression at least temporarily. Kuala lumpur opposition politicians and civil society leaders in malaysia are growing increasingly concerned about the government s approach towards freedom of expression following a week in. Almost to vanishing point in certain areas such as the protection of freedom of expression.
For now the case strikes down a longstanding provision of malaysia s sedition act which made it possible for the government to criminally prosecute an individual for seditious speech without proving that the individual had seditious intent. We asked eugene volokh a freedom of speech expert and professor at the university of california los angeles to chose three supreme court cases that show how freedom of speech is protected in the u s as well as what kind of speech is not protected. 1 subject to clauses 2 3 and 4. The government s actions appear to be part of a.