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Feb 15, 20244 min read
Striking The Right Balance Between Mercy and Justice : Dato' Seri Najib Razak's Partial Pardon
“To show men that crimes can be pardoned, and that punishment is not their inevitable consequence, encourages the illusion of impunity."...


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Feb 15, 20244 min read
Mencapai Keseimbangan antara Belas Kasihan dengan Keadilan : Pengampunan Separa Dato' Seri Najib Razak
“To show men that crimes can be pardoned, and that punishment is not their inevitable consequence, encourages the illusion of impunity."...


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Nov 28, 20235 min read
Sedition Storm : Razali Idris Charged Amidst Political and Legal Uproar
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the...


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Nov 28, 20234 min read
Ribut Hasutan : Razali Idris Didakwa di Pertengahan Kegemparan Politik dan Undang-Undang
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the...


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Sep 13, 20237 min read
Yayasan Akalbudi Trial : Placing The Cat Among The Pigeons
“Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton The University of Malaya Law Society (UMLS) would like to...

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Apr 12, 20236 min read
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Probe Against Justice Nazlan: A Strike to Judicial Independence
“Judicial independence is a sacrosanct concept. Judges and the entire judicial process must be free to perform their functions freely and...


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Aug 19, 20228 min read
The Genocide of the Stateless: Myanmar Rohingya
Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behaviour. - Jack Schwartz The Rohingya genocide is one of the most...


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Aug 19, 20227 min read
Genosid Yang Tidak Bernegara: Rohingya Myanmar
Pembunuhan kaum adalah percubaan untuk menghapuskan manusia, bukannya mengubah tingkah laku mereka. - Jack Schwartz Pembunuhan kaum...


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Aug 19, 20226 min read
Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam: The Fight for Humanity
“Without concerned citizen action to uphold [human rights] close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.”...
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Aug 19, 20227 min read
THE DENIAL OF VIGIL ATTENDEES' LEGAL RIGHTS
“Human rights are our birth right because they come to us from a transcendental source that is prior to and independent of the law of the...
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Aug 19, 202213 min read
CONSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE ON THE POWERS OF YDPA AND THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
On the 23rd of October, the Prime Minister was granted an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (hereinafter the “YDPA”) to communicate...
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Aug 19, 20228 min read
MALAY DIGNITY CONGRESS AND UM STUDENT PROTESTS
Recently, Malaysia was alarmed by the commencement of a national event that fanned the flames of controversy in the country. The Malay...
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Aug 19, 20225 min read
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE AFFRAY BETWEEN UM STUDENTS AND UMNO SUPPORTERS
INTRODUCTION On the 22nd of March 2019, six students from the University of Malaya protested the appearance of former Prime Minister,...
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Aug 19, 20226 min read
THE NON-RATIFICATION OF ICERD: BETWEEN THE LINES OF THE LAW
The students of the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, are gravely concerned over the government’s decision to not ratify the...
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