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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02 March 2017

Police reel in 2 loan sharks offering services



Comments:

Police must arrested ALL illegal Loan Sharks and fined them, and put them in jail. Their illegal money earned must be confiscated.

This is to deter other Loan Sharks from offering their illegal services to the public in the future!

We have laws in Malaysia - lets used it to bring peace and harmony - and rid it of illegal Loan Sharks and gangsters.


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Source:
http://www.nst.com.my/news/2017/03/216388/police-reel-2-loan-sharks-offering-services-pahang#cxrecs_s


Police reel in 2 loan sharks offering services in Pahang

By T. N. ALAGESH - March 1, 2017  - March 1, 2017 @ 2:53pm

KUANTAN: Police nabbed two men believed to be loan sharks in front of a fast food outlet near Taman Tasik Abu Bakar in Pekan here last week.
State Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Superintendent Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the suspects aged 22 and 24 years old respectively, were nabbed by a team of policemen at about 11.45am on Feb 23 for behaving suspiciously.
“We have been monitoring their activities and checks in their car led to the discovery of banners, handphones, chains and padlocks. They have been operating since early this year and offer services at four districts in Pahang.
“The men led police to a house in Bukit Setongkol here where we seized some 15,000 banners, which is meant to be displayed to promote their activities,” he told reporters during a press conference today.
Wazir said investigations revealed the men usually target customers with fixed monthly income and offer weekly interest up to 30 per cent for each deal.







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