Malaysia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/malaysia/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:33:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Malaysia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/malaysia/ 32 32 59910430 Malaysian Student Arrested for Possession of Books https://concernedscientists.org/2017/05/malaysian-student-arrested-for-possession-of-books/ Fri, 26 May 2017 02:24:56 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6077 Siti Noor Aishah Atam, an Islamic Studies graduate student at the Universiti Malaya was convicted and sentenced for the crime of possessing 12 books.  She was sentenced to five years in prison. CCS has written to the Prime Minister of Malaysia requesting that he review this case, drop the charges and release Atam. May 24, […]

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]]> 6077 2014 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2015/03/2014-annual-report/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:52:28 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4040 During 2014, the Committee of Concerned Scientists continued to advocate on behalf of scientists, academics, engineers and physicians. We wrote in concern for more than 30 individuals or groups of individuals, located in 11 countries. We generally addressed our letters to the heads of state, as well as to the ministries or local authorities with […]

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]]> 4040 Malaysian Law Professor’s Remarks On Crisis Lead to Sedition Charges https://concernedscientists.org/2014/10/malaysian-law-professors-remarks-on-crisis-lead-to-sedition-charges/ Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:17:13 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3687 Azmi Sharom, an associate professor of law at the University of Malaysia Faculty of Law compared an ongoing political crisis to a situation in 2009 and criticised the secrecy with which the issue was treated. He is being prosecuted for sedition. CCS requested that to the extent his statements were made in respect to his […]

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]]> 3687 Continued Police Investigation of Malaysian Law Professor After Reinstatement Violates Academic Freedom, CCS States https://concernedscientists.org/2011/11/continued-police-investigation-of-malaysian-law-professor-after-reinstatement-violates-academic-freedom-ccs-states/ Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:14:26 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=1159 CCS wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia protesting the continuing investigation of Aziz Bari, a law professor at International Islamic University of Malaysia. Read the letter: The Honorable Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak Prime Minister of Malaysia Office of the Prime Minister of Malaysia Main Block, Perdana Putra Building […]

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