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Malaysia deports Saudi journalist wanted on blasphemy charges

Malaysian authorities on Sunday forcibly repatriated a Saudi Arabian newspaper columnist who had fled Saudi Arabia after receiving death threats over Twitter posts deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. Hamza Kashgari, 23, had been arrested on Thursday while attempting to pass through an immigration checkpoint at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.  Reports say he had been […]

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Malaysia arrests bloggers, bans newspapers in fresh assaults on expression

The International Press Institute today expressed concern about recent arrests of bloggers, restrictions on news organisations and other breaches of free expression in Malaysia. In the past month, the authorities arrested six bloggers, denied several news organisations access to the dominant political party’s general assembly, and banned two opposition newspapers, according to IPI sources in […]

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Letter: Malaysiakini.com harassed and intimidated by officials

His Excellency Dato’ Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Department Jalan Dato’ Onn Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Vienna, 6 March 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply concerned about the recent harassment of the independent on-line newspaper, Malaysiakini.com. IPI is informed that, on […]

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Letter: Detik magazine effectively banned

His Excellency Dato’ Seri Dr. Mahatir Mohamad Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Department Jalan Dato’ Onn Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA Vienna, 31 March 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the Malaysian government’s decision not to renew the publishing license of the bi-monthly Detik, effectively banning […]

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