Lawyers for Liberty
Focus | Human rights and law reform in Malaysia[1] |
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Location | |
Origins | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
Method | "public campaigning, test case litigation and intervention, parliamentary lobbying", research, education[1] |
Members | <10 |
Key people | N. Surendran, Latheefa Koya, Eric Paulsen, Michelle Yesudas, Melissa Sasidaran |
Employees | 4 |
Volunteers | <10 |
Website | lawyersforliberty |
Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) is a
Aims
Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has stated that the federal government of Malaysia and other Malaysian governmental authorities carry out "many unconstitutional, arbitrary and unreasonable decisions and acts". LFL claims to oppose these decisions and acts through "public campaigning, test case litigation and intervention, parliamentary lobbying", research, education.[1]
Structure and leadership
Lawyers for Liberty consists of volunteer lawyers and activists.[1]
Actions
In December 2010, Lawyers for Liberty published statistics of fatal police shootings in Malaysia from 2000 to 2009, reporting that there were typically five to 27 fatal shootings per year, with a maximum of 88 deaths in 2009 and a total of 279 over the decade defined as 2000–2009. LFL member N. Surendran interpreted the data as evidence for police lawlessness, stating, "They know they can commit murder without being called into account and that is a tremendous power to put in the hands of a human being to tell him that go ahead, commit murder, we will protect you."[2]
In June 2011, LFL gave an interview with
Hamza Kashgari
In February 2012, a Saudi Arabian poet and journalist
Lawyer K. Ragunath and several members of LFL filed a
LFL stated that it would continue to campaign for Kashgari's release to prevent him from being executed for his three allegedly blasphemous tweets.[5][7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "About LFL". Lawyers for Liberty. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ Malaysian Insider. Archivedfrom the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ a b Cochrane, Liam (2011-06-17). "Debate continues on the Australia Malaysia asylum swap". Radio Australia. Archived from the original on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ a b "Lawyers for Liberty: Police Questioning Over Suara Keadilan Article Baseless, Harassment". Malaysian Digest. 2011-08-04. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c "Saudi Writer Hamza Kashgari Detained in Malaysia Over Muhammad Tweets". The Daily Beast. 2012-02-10. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ a b c d e "No immigration report of deportation". Lawyers for Liberty. 2012-02-14. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ a b c "LFL: Further lies and deceit by the Home Minister and PDRM over Hamza's deportation". Lawyers for Liberty. 2012-02-13. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ Toumi, Habib (2012-02-12). "Malaysia deports controversial Saudi tweeter". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ Hodal, Kate (2012-02-14). "Malaysia 'acted unlawfully' in deporting Saudi journalist". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2012-02-14.