FREEDOM OF SPEECH / FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION


FREEDOM OF SPEECH / FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak without censorship and/or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used [United Nations, 1966, 1976]. The right to freedom of speech is recognized as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The ICCPR recognizes the right to freedom of speech as "the right to hold opinions without interference. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression". Furthermore freedom of speech is recognized in European, inter-American and African regional human rights law [United Nations, 1966, 1967]. Freedom of speech, or the freedom of expression, is recognized in international and regional human rights law. The right is enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights [Andrew Puddephatt & Hodder Arnold, 2005; Kumar, Ambika, 2006].

In Islamic ethics freedom of speech was first declared in the Rashidun period by the caliph Umar in the 7th century. In the Abbasid Caliphate period, freedom of speech was also declared by al-Hashimi (a cousin of Caliph al-Ma'mun) in a letter to one of the religious opponents he was attempting to convert through reason.

According to George Makdisi and Hugh Goddard, "the idea of academic freedom" in universities was "modelled on Islamic custom" as practiced in the medieval Madrasah system from the 9th century. Islamic influence was "certainly discernible in the foundation of the first deliberately-planned university" in Europe [Boisard, Marcel A., 1980].

* Selected REFERENCES / Sources:


Amnesty International: Annual Reports: URLhttp://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/index.html Andrew Puddephatt & Hodder Arnold. (2005). Freedom of Expression: The Essentials of Human Rights. United Publishers. Boisard, Marcel A. (July 1980), "On the Probable Influence of Islam on Western Public and International Law", International Journal of Middle East Studies 11 (4): 429–50. Goddard, Hugh. (2000). A History of Christian-Muslim Relations. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Kumar, Ambika. (2006). ‘Using Courts to Enforce the Free Speech Provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.’ Published by Chicago Journal of International Law. Summer 2006. URLhttp://www.allbusiness.com/corporate-governance/4082846-1.html United Nations: ‘International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.’ Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16th December 1966: Entry into force 23 March 1976, in accordance with Article 49. URLhttp://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm (United Nations) Wikipedia. (2010). ‘Freedom of Speech.’ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. URLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_expression

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16 October 2014

Kadet Polis Inspektor Positif Dadah !


Sumber:
http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/2237  (16 October 2014)


Kadet Inspektor positif dadah

Ipoh: Polis Perak mengesahkan seorang Pegawai Penyiasat Bahagian Siasatan Jenayah Narkotik Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Ipoh ditahan di Pulau Pinang semalam, kerana memiliki sejumlah dadah jenis syabu.

Pengarah Jabatan Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti (JPJKK) Bukit Aman Datuk Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani berkata, pegawai berpangkat Inspektor berusia 30 tahun itu diberkas bersama seorang rakannya dalam serbuan di sebuah rumah pangsa di Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang dan hasil ujian air kencing mendapati kedua-duanya positif dadah.

"Pegawai terbabit adalah Kadet Inspektor yang baharu sahaja melaporkan diri di IPD Ipoh pada Mac lalu.
"Ketika serbuan, polis Pulau Pinang menemui sejumlah dadah jenis syabu bersama pegawai berkenaan serta ujian mendapati kedua-dua tangkapan itu positif dadah.

"Kes kini disiasat Polis Pulau Pinang mengikut Seksyen 39B Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952," katanya pada majlis penyerahan tugas sebagai Ketua Polis Perak yang kini dipangku Timbalan Ketua Polis Datuk A Paramasivam.

Acryl berkata, Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) memang tidak akan bertolak ansur dengan sebarang bentuk jenayah yang dilakukan oleh pegawai atau anggotanya dan tindakan akan diambil mengikut undang-undang sedia ada.

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15 October 2014

30 Million Dollars Reward for Information on MH 17 !



Source:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-plane-crash/30-million-reward-offered-hunt-culprits-behind-mh17-attack-n205401

$30 Million Reward Offered in Hunt for Culprits Behind MH17 Attack

MAINZ, Germany – A mysterious $30 million reward has been offered for evidence identifying those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. Fraud investigation company Wifka said in a statement that it had been hired to look into the July 17 attack which brought down the Boeing 777, killing 298 people. 
The private investigators said clients requesting anonymity had offered the reward. Wifka vowed not to identify any whistle-blowers and offered to give informants new identities. The reward for "information and evidence" was being held in Switzerland, according to the firm's statement. The investigators said they wanted to establish facts including who shot down the plane, who gave the order, who covered it up and what happened to the weapon used.
Josef Resch, who runs Wifka, told NBC News on Wednesday that the offer was genuine and that the investigation was in full swing. Wifka advised would-be whistle-blowers "to take great care" and contact them through a lawyer, adding: "Details should not lightly be given away in emails or on the phone." Earlier, Resch reportedly told German financial magazine Capital that he was not fully aware of his clients’ identities, but had held several meetings about the case in different countries and that one of the middlemen had a Swiss accent. 
Resch offered different theories about who his clients might be, including the possibility of mega-rich Russians trying to hurt President Vladimir Putin’s reputation. Their offer was credible, he said, because the company had already received a fee of 40,000 euro (around $51,000). Resch had been promised a fee of 500,000 euro ($647,000) if the investigation proved successful, Capital magazine added.

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SOME HARD QUESTIONS AND SOME CREDIBLE ANSWERS?

Who shot down the plane? Some soldiers in the BUK, who were too afraid or naive to say NO.
Who gave the order? Some mad/enthusiatic captain or general of course.
What happened to the weapon used? It was burnt to destroy evidences.

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Source:
http://www.wifka.de/who-shot-down-mh17-30-million-dollars-reward-for-information.html
(17 September 2014)  by J.Resch

WHO SHOT DOWN MH 17 ?? 

30 MILLION DOLLARS REWARD FOR INFORMATION 

The fraud investigation company Wifka has been charged with investigating the shoot down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. Their client is providing 30 million dollars as a reward for information and evidence. On July 17 the Malaysian Airlines boeing crashed over Eastern Ukraine on their way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. All 298 passengers and crew were killed.

After the terrible assassination or "accident" all political parties, at home and abroad, said they owed it to the victims, their families and the public to clarify the circumstances of the crash and present evidence for what happened. None of this has yet been done. 

Wifka wants to know:

– Who shot down MH17 on July 17? 
– Who gave the order?
– Who covers up the shoot down? (Also, if it was by accident and not out of political, economic or military motivation)
– Who can provide details on the circumstances that led to the shoot down?
– Who was directly involved with the shoot down?
– What happened to the people that were involved with the shoot down? What happened to the weapon used?
– Who can name the people that cleared the shoot down?
Whoever provides evidence that identifies those behind the shoot down, will be given the reward of 30 million dollars. The money is securely deposited in Zurich, Switzerland. It will be paid there or in a different neutral place of the whistle-blower’s choice.

Wifkas client offers to give the whistle-blower a new identity.

Wifka works absolutely confidential. The agency advises whistle-blowers to take great care; e.g. to contact them through a lawyer. Details should not lightly be given away in emails or on the phone. A secure way of communication will be established for every individual case.
Please contact Josef Resch (Wifka Bad Schwartau) at +49-171-8361868, via email: mh17@wifka.de or through lawyer Volker Echelmeyer at +49-45131181

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Ganjaran RM96.5 Juta Cari Dalang MH17 !

Source:
http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/302


Ganjaran RM96.5 juta cari dalang

Oleh Mohamad Azim Fitri Abd Aziz  

Kuala Lumpur: Seorang penderma yang tidak dikenali mendepositkan AS$30 juta (RM96.53 juta) ke akaun sebuah firma penyiasatan persendirian Jerman untuk diberi kepada mana-mana pihak yang dapat memberikan bukti dalang yang bertanggungjawab menembak jatuh pesawat MAS MH17 pada 17 Julai lalu.

Menurut Portal Berita The Local edisi Jerman, wang tawaran itu diserahkan kepada sebuah firma yang berpusat di Schleswig-Holstein di utara Jerman iaitu Wifka.

Wifka dalam satu kenyaataan yang disiarkan dalam laman webnya, semalam menyatakan penderma tersebut mahukan kepastian siapakah yang bertanggungjawab dalam memberikan arahan untuk menembak jatuh pesawat itu dan senjata yang digunakan.

Wifka turut memberi jaminan bahawa orang yang mendedahkan kebenaran itu akan diberikan identiti baru sebagai langkah perlindungan.

"Sesiapa yang memberikan bukti dalam mengenalpasti dalang kejadian itu akan diberikan ganjaran sebanyak AS$30 Juta.

Wang hadiah itu kini disimpan di Zurich, Switzerland, menurut kenyataan itu.

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Comment: 

How about MH 370, doesn't the government of Malaysia or China wants to give cash rewards of USD20 million for news to the whereabout of MH370 ?

With regards to MH 17, I can already visioned that this case will be closed with result soon. As some soldiers will come out and testified that he was ordered by one general to shoot down MH17, for reasons not mentioned.


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Rupanya Orang Yang Ingin di Bantu itu Penyamun !


Sumber:
http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/338

Rupanya Orang Yang Ingin di Bantu itu Penyamun !


Mohd Izhar Aziz, 38, yang menjadi mangsa samun empat lelaki dalam kejadian pukul 8.30 pagi itu berkata beliau dalam perjalanan pulang ke rumahnya yang terletak kira-kira satu kilometer dari tempat kejadian dan terkejut apabila melihat sebuah kereta Kelisa berwarna kelabu terbalik dalam parit.

“Saya melihat dua lelaki melambai-lambai tangan dan seorang daripadanya meminta tolong serta memberitahu bahunya patah. Seorang lagi pula merangkak keluar dari kereta berkenaan dan apabila cuba berdiri, dia terjatuh dan berdasarkan pemerhatian saya, kemungkinan kakinya patah manakala dua lagi rakan mereka tidak mengalami kecederaan.

“Saya dan beberapa pengguna jalan raya di tempat kejadian cuba memberi bantuan kepada mereka,” katanya ketika dihubungi di sini malam ini.

Mohd Izhar berkata beliau kemudiannya menyuruh empat lelaki berkenaan masuk dan berehat di dalam vannya sebelum beliau pergi semula ke arah kereta mereka yang terbalik dalam parit, terletak kira-kira 10 meter dari situ.

“Tiba-tiba saya dengar bunyi enjin kenderaan dan nampak seorang daripadanya memandu van dan memecut laju, tidak sempat untuk saya berbuat apa-apa,” katanya.

Berikutan kejadian itu, Mohd Izhar berkata beliau kerugian RM3,700 dan sebuah telefon bimbit yang diletakkan dalam van itu.

“Saya baharu sahaja membuat pinjaman dengan majikan dan duit RM3,000 itu ingin digunakan untuk perbelanjaan sekolah tiga orang anak saya dan tidak sangka jadi begini,” katanya yang bekerja dengan sebuah syarikat swasta di Seberang Jaya.

Beliau juga tidak menyangka mangsa kemalangan berkenaan merupakan penjenayah kerana sebelum kejadian itu, mereka telah menyamun seorang wanita.

Terdahulu, keempat-empat suspek berkenaan telah menyamun seorang wanita di hadapan rumahnya di Bandar Putra Bertam, di sini dan melarikan beg berisi pakaian, wang tunai dan cermin mata. - Bernama


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13 October 2014

Car Plate Number in Malaysia !



                        (Accessed on 13 Oct 2014)

Behold, the car number plate that is worth more than most cars inMalaysia.
Datuk Lee Chong Wei recently splurged an incredible RM97,777 for the number plate BMW6. This is not the first time car-enthusiast Datuk Lee Chong Wei has spent an extravagant amount on his car number plate. In 2012, he spent RM69,100 on car number plate BLG1 for his Ferrari F430, a monster of a vehicle capable of going from 0 to 100km in 4 seconds.

Image Credit: Lowyat.net

This, however, was not even the highest bidder on the list. Tengku Sulaiman Shah boasted the highest bid with RM188,100 on BMW5. Even this, however, was nothing compared to MyWatch chairman R. Sri Sanjeevan paid RM174,776 and RM165,000 for car plate numbers BMW8 and BMW 11 respectively, amounting to a total of RM339,776.
To put this in perspective, the MyWatch chairman spent the equivalent of ten Auto Transmission Perodua Axia on a piece of plastic with some words and a number on it. OR if you have really expensive taste, that same amount of money could get you two BMW II6i (Hatch) at the recommended retail price of RM170,800 per vehicle. You could even get a BMW Sedan 328i Gran Turismo for RM329,800 with almost RM10,000 to spare.

Image Credit: bmw.com.my

This prompted many Malaysians to question his source of income on the social media. When questioned about this purchase, Sanjeevan defended his actions by saying that the purchases were an “investment”. In a statement to The Rakyat Post, he further added that he will be able to auction off the number in the future at an even higher price. In addition, he insisted he was doing this with his personal money earned from other ventures.

MyWatch is a Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force that is a Non-Government Organization (NGO) working to protect Malaysian citizens from criminal harm by preventing, identifying, managing, investigating and dealing with fraud and corruption.

You think RM339,776 is too much to pay for car number plates? Well, hold onto your seats, Vulcan Post readers.

Two years ago, Malaysian royal state leader Sultan Ibrahim Ismail spent a mind-numbing RM520,000 ($165,600) on car plate WWW1. Two years prior to that (in 2010), RM300,100 was paid for car plate MCA1.

But all this is nothing, nothing compared to what was paid for car plates BMW1, BMW2, BMW7, BMW9 and BMW10:
RM0.00

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SO IN SUMMARY:  EASY COME, EASY GO !

BMW1 = RM0.00
BMW2=RM0.00
BMW3=RM0.00 ?
BMW4=RM0.00 ?
BMW5=RM188,100=Tengku Sulaiman Shah
BMW6=RM97,777 = Datuk Lee Chong Wei
BMW7=RM0.00
BMW8=RM174,776=MyWatch chairman R. Sri Sanjeevan
BMW9=RM0.00
BMW10=RM0.00
BMW11=RM165,000=MyWatch chairman R. Sri Sanjeevan



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