Malaysia Freedom Of Speech
Suhakam wishes to remind the government on its duty and responsibility to protect the people s right to free speech in line with article 10 of the federal constitution of malaysia which guarantees malaysian citizens the right to freedom of speech freedom of assembly and freedom of association as a democratic nation should be.
Malaysia freedom of speech. In the university kebangsaan malaysia 4 ukm 4 case on 1 november 2011 the court of appeal ruled that section 15 5 of the universities and university colleges act uuca which prohibits students from getting involved in politics is unconstitutional and violates freedom of speech. Malaysia was ranked 145th in the reporters without borders rsf press freedom index when ph took over government in 2018. On 8 july 2020 the human right watch reported that malaysian authorities have initiated criminal investigations against people criticizing government.
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. Malaysia s prosecutions of peaceful speech over the past year have spread beyond activists and politicians to ordinary citizens on social media. Malaysia saw some promising improvements since may 2018.
However the ph coalition has. In december of 2019 parliament successfully scrapped the anti fake news act 2018. There is a thin line dividing free speech and hate speech.
Article 10 of the federal constitution guarantees our right as citizens to freedom of expression with the caveat that it does not thread between the lines of hate speech. A core islamic value. The problem is pointing out exactly where that line is.
On 22 may 2018 pakatan harapan affirmed that the government was fully committed to promoting a free and independent media that would be able to report without fear of reprisal. The freedom of speech in malaysia has been widely disputed upon as many rallies and protests including bersih has been seen to have its members arrested without warrant. Article 10 of the constitution of malaysia guarantees malaysian citizens the right to freedom of speech freedom of assembly and freedom of association unlike comparable provisions in constitutional law such as the first amendment to the united states constitution article 10 entitles citizens to such freedoms as are not restricted by the government instead of absolutely guaranteeing those.
