Human Rights

Najib Must Prove That The Repeal Of The Sedition Act And The Introduction Of The National Harmony Act Is Not Another Thinly-Disguised Draconian Law(en/cn)

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Bagan Lim Guan Eng in Kuala Lumpur on 12.7.2012 Najib Must Prove That The Repeal Of The Sedition Act And The Introduction Of The National Harmony Act Is Not Another Thinly-Disguised Draconian Law By Immediately Withdrawing All Charges Under The Sedition Act Against Karpal Singh And Other …

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Why Still No Arrests For Identififed Assailants Of The Brutal And Barbaric Attack On V Ganabatirao And His Brother V Raidu?

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Bagan Lim Guan Eng in Kuala Lumpur on 2.6.2012 Why Still No Arrests For Identififed Assailants Of The Brutal And Barbaric Attack On V Ganabatirao And His Brother V Raidu? On 30th May 2012, two Indian Rights Action Force (INDRAF 2.0) leaders V Ganabatirao and his brother …

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BN And The Attorney-General(AG) Has No Track Record Of Fairness and Justice And May Use The Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012 To Facilitate Selective Prosecutions of Members of the Opposition and Civil Society.(en/cn)

Press Statement by the DAP Secretary-General and MP for Bagan Lim Guan Eng, in Kuala Lumpur on 26 May 2012. The Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012, which was passed in the last sitting of the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara, will make it easier for the Government to launch selective prosecutions of members …

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Ucapan Parlimen Semasa Membahas Rang Undang-undang Kesalahan Keselamatan(Langkah-langkah Khas) 2012 (bm/cn)

Ucapan Setiausaha Agung DAP Dan Ahli Parlimen Kawasan Bagan Lim Guan Eng Di Parlimen Semasa Membahas Rang Undang-undang Kesalahan Keselamatan(Langkah-langkah Khas) 2012 Di Dewan Rakyat Pada 16 April 2012. Pemansuhan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri(ISA) Tidak Bermakna Kerana Kuasa Tahanan Luasnya Digantikan Dengan 3 RUU Kesalahan Keselamatan (Llangkah-langkah Khas) 2012, Kanun Tatacara Jenayah(Pindaan) 2012 Dan Kanun …

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Following Violent Threats By Their Members, UMNO and Perkasa Personally Responsible If Anything Happens To Me.(en/bm/cn)

Police Report By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 28.2.2012. Following Violent Threats By Their Members, UMNO and Perkasa Personally Responsible If Anything Happens To Me. Nearly two years ago, the Penang PR state government had set up a Speakers’ Square in Padang Kota Lama to permit not only freedom …

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DAP Regrets The Burning Of The Holy Quran By US Troops In Afghanistan As It Is An Unacceptable Act Of Desecration And Dishonour.(en/bm)

The careless incident in Afghanistan in which copies of the Holy Quran had been inadvertently sent to a garbage burn pit at a US Army camp and subsequently incinerated is an unacceptable act of desecration and dishonour towards the religion of Islam. DAP deeply regrets such an insensitive action that should never have occurred in …

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Dato’ Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil Should Be Pro-active And Courageous In Upholding The Child Act 2001 And United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child To Ensure Them A Safe Physical, Emotional And Mental Environment.(en/cn)

On the occasion of Malaysia Children’s Day, Minister of Women, Family and Community Development. Dato’ Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil should fulfil her Ministerial duty to be pro-active and courageous in upholding the Child Act 2001 and the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child to ensure them a safe physical, emotional and mental …

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An Equal Opportunity Act and And Equal Opportunity Commission(EOC) Would Stop The Flow Of 2 Million Human Talents That Have Left Malaysia Since Merdeka In 1957.

DAP supports the suggestion of not only retaining the EOC in the New Economic Model(NEM) as suggested by National Economic Advisory Council member Datuk Dr Zainal Aznam Mohd Yusof but also an Equal Opportunity Act to allow us to maximize human talents and stop the flow of 2 million Malayisan who have left the country …

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1Malaysia and BN’s Consensus Spirit Are Irrelevant As Long As UMNO And BN Supports Perkasa.

The statement by Tan Sri Adam Kadir, the President of the Organisation of Former Umno Elected Representatives (Penawar) urging UMNO to continue its co-operation with Perkasa and all Malay NGOs that champion Malay and Bumiputera rights as enshrined Federal constitution reinforces UMNO’s role of backing the racist Perkasa. 1Malaysia and BN’s consensus spirit are irrelevant …

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Proposed amendments to Major Labour Laws Could Affect the Rights and Livelihood of Our Workers

May Day Message by the Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng in Komtar, George Town on Saturday 1.5.2010 I would like to express concern over the federal government’s proposed amendments to Malaysia’s major labour laws that could affect the rights and livelihood of our workers. The proposed amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1967, …

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BN Must Disassociate Itself From IGP Tan Sri Musa Hasan’s Excessive, Unwarranted And Inhumane Actions

BN Must Disassociate Itself From IGP Tan Sri Musa Hasan’s Excessive, Unwarranted And Inhumane Actions Against Those Participating In The Peaceful “Abolish ISA Gathering” By Unconditionally And Immediately Releasing Without Charges The 589 People Arrested. DAP salutes the courage of more than 50,000 people who gathered peacefully in Kuala Lumpur to demand the abolition of …

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