Detention Laws in Malaysia: Parliament Rejects Motion to Extend Security Powers
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The Security Offences (Special ...
Malaysia
Women in Malaysia Can Now Pass on Citizenship to Overseas-Born Children
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On 27 September 2021, the Kuala Lumpur High Court in ...
Christians in Malaysia have the right to use the word “Allah”
On 17 March 2021, the High Court in Malaya at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia delivered a landmark judgment in Jill ...
The Federal Court of Malaysia held state Syariah law criminalising ‘unnatural sex’ void and unconstitutional
On 25 February 2021, the Federal Court of Malaysia delivered a landmark judgment, declaring that Section 28 of the ...
The Prospects for the Malaysian Exercise of Universal Jurisdiction over Myanmarese Atrocity Crimes
The ‘clearance operations’ commenced in August 2017 against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim population by the State’s ...
#NotMarriedat11: Legal Failures to Protect Children from Child Marriage in Malaysia
With the recent highlighting of yet another case of child marriage in Malaysia, where a 41 year old man married an ...
The Legality of Unilateral Child Conversion in Malaysia
For Indira Gandhi, whose husband converted to Islam and attempted to unilaterally convert their daughter as well, ...
Children’s Rights, Illegitimacy and the Rule of Law in Malaysia
In A Child v National Registration Department, 25th July 2017, the Malaysian Court of Appeal held that a Muslim ...
Malaysia’s Dangerous Path Towards “Allah”
The Malaysian Court of Appeal has ruled recently that the word “Allah” falls unreservedly within the Muslim faith, ...
Affirmative Action versus Equality in Malaysia
By Dr Dimitrina Petrova
The Bumiputera (Malays and natives of Sabah and Sarawak) continue to benefit from ...
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