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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21 November 2014

250 anggota polis Johor dikenakan tindakan tatatertib !





250 anggota polis Johor dikenakan tindakan tatatertib

BERNAMA | .


KULAIJAYA: Sebanyak 250 pegawai kanan dan anggota polis di Johor dikenakan tindakan tatatertib atas pelbagai kesalahan sejak Januari sehingga Oktober tahun ini, kata Ketua Polis Johor Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff.
  
Katanya, daripada jumlah itu, sebanyak 47 pegawai dan anggota masih ditahan kerja dan 24 orang digantung kerja.
  
"Sebanyak 245 kertas siasatan tatatertib telah dibuka melibatkan sebanyak 290 orang terdiri daripada 24 pegawai kanan, 261 anggota lain-lain pangkat dan lima pegawai awam," katanya dalam sidang media selepas merasmikan majlis Kempen Tolak Rasuah Peringkat Kontinjen Johor 2014 di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kulaijaya, di sini, hari ini.
  
Sehubungan itu, beliau berkata satu jabatan baharu iaitu Jabatan Integriti dan Pematuhan Standard (JIPS) telah ditubuhkan pada Julai tahun ini bagi tujuan mempertingkat keberkesanan tindakan penyeliaan, penguatkuasaan, pemulihan dalam menangani salah laku disiplin dalam kalangan pegawai, anggota dan pegawai awam.
  
"Saya menyeru semua pegawai dan anggota supaya sentiasa mengamalkan nilai-nilai murni ketika bertugas terutamanya menolak dan terus membenci rasuah," katanya.
  
Pada majlis itu, 20 pegawai dan anggota yang menolak pemberian rasuah bagi tempoh Januari hingga Jun lepas menerima surat penghargaan daripada Ketua Polis Negara yang disampaikan Mohd Mokhtar.
  
Beliau berkata kempen berkenaan amat bermanfaat kepada anggota polis dalam melaksanakan fokus utama Polis Diraja Malaysia sebagai landasan pembentukan perancangan strategik pasukan untuk memantapkan integriti serta pematuhan standard.
  
Justeru, beliau menyeru semua pegawai dan anggota agar bermuhasabah diri membenci dan menolak amalan rasuah. - BERNAMA




16 November 2014

ARTIS CERAI SENANG SAJA !


Raja Azmi & Eddie Bercerai Talak Satu
Diterbitkan: Selasa, 11 November 2014

AMPANG: Masalah rumah tangga produser filem Raja Azmi Raja Sulaiman dengan suaminya Mohd Eddie Ghazali tidak dapat diselamatkan apabila kedua-dua mereka sah bercerai talak satu di Mahkamah Rendah Syariah Gombak Timur di sini pada Selasa.

Lafaz cerai dilakukan oleh Mohd Eddie, 46, di hadapan Hakim Syarie, Shaiful Azli Jamaludin kira-kira pukul 3.05 petang.  Shaiful Azli kemudiannya memerintahkan Raja Azmi, 55, menjalani tempoh edah selama tiga bulan bermula dari tarikh lafaz cerai di buat iaitu pada Selasa.

.....Bagaimanapun Eddie kelihatan sebak sebelum membuat lafaz cerai tersebut.


Selepas lafaz dibuat di dalam kamar, Raja Azmi berkata dia berasa lega apabila masalah rumah tangga yang dilalui beberapa bulan lalu akhirnya selesai dengan cara baik.

"Diakui, saya sedikit sedih kerana perkahwinan kedua saya kali ini hanya dapat bertahan tidak sampai setahun pun !!


KUALA LUMPUR 11 Nov. - Baru sahaja 13 bulan bergelar isteri, penerbit kontroversi Raja Azmi Raja Sulaiman hari ini kembali menjanda setelah sah bercerai talak satu dengan suaminya, Mohd. Eddie Ghazali pukul 3.07 petang di Mahkamah Rendah Syariah Gombak Timur, dekat sini. - UTUSAN ONLINE


Sumber:
http://www.mstar.com.my/hiburan/berita-hiburan/2014/11/11/raja-azmi-cerai/  LIHAT JUGA
http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/mahkamah/raja-azmi-sah-cerai-talak-satu-1.23461


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Raja Azura sudah bercerai talak satu




Raja Azura dengarnya sudah sah bercerai talak satu dengan suaminya, Adzmin Tan Sri Osman pada 28 September yang lalu.. Menurut sumber, Raja Azura berserai di sebuah mahkamah syariah di Selangor dan dilaksanakan dalam prosiding tertutup atas permintaan Raja Azura dan suami.. Punca penceraian raja azura masih lagi belum diketahui.. Kita tunggu la kenyataan rasmi dari Raja Azura sendiri nanti.



Perkahwinan Raja Azura dan Adzmin Tan Sri Osman hanya bertahan selama 10 tahun lebih sahaja dan mereka berdua dikurniakan 3 orang anak iaitu Megat Muhammad Raziq (8), Megat Luqman Hakim (7) dan Puteri Mia Maizurah (4). Harap-harap selepas bercerai ni jangan la buat-buat lupa tanggungjawab dekat anak-anak ye..
Terkejut juga MyGosip dengar berita penceraian Raja Azura ni.. Nampaknya khidmat nasihat kaunseling yang Raja Azura dan suami lakukan dulu tidak mendatangkan kesan pun.

Raja Azura berkahwin dengan Adzmin yang juga anak bekas Menteri Besar Kedah, Tan Sri Osman Arof, pada 10 Mac 2001. Pasangan ini dikurniakan tiga cahaya mata, Megat Muhammad Raziq, 8, Megat Luqman Hakim, 7, serta Puteri Mia Maizurah, 4.Sumber itu berkata, walaupun Raja Azura amat bersedih dengan perceraian itu, dia masih meneruskan tugas rutinnya seperti biasa iaitu sebagai penyampai radio Sinar FM dan pengacara beberapa program TV serta majlis rasmi.

Sumber:

http://www.mygosip.com/raja-azura-sudah-bercerai-talak-satu/  LIHAT JUGA
http://my-sensasi.blogspot.com/2010/10/akhirnya-raja-azura-dan-suaminya.html


KOMEN:   "Punca penceraian raja azura masih lagi belum diketahui..."  Apa yang perlu diketahui, artis kahwin belanja beribu-ribu, dan segelintir pula cerai pakai sms saja, atau atas sebab remeh-temeh.. dan apabila pemberita bertanya? Jawab mereka "Its complicated !"  Hahahah, complicated atas sebab mereka sendiri, antaranya cetek ilmu agama, tidak ada toleransi dlm kekeluargaan, cemburu buta, tidak hormat suami / isteri... Apa lagi yang baru ???? 

Ternyata kekayaan, kemasyhuran, dan pangkat TIDAK dapat menyelamatkan mereka daripada CERAI. 





12 November 2014

HIGH Income Malaysia, BUT the people Remains POOR ?!



PROBLEMS:

1- WHY Malaysia registered HIGH income status?

That's because the economy are controlled by the elite Malays, Chinese and a few elite Indians. And their 'earnings' bloom by the days! The elite consists of 5-10 percent of the population, and they are the ones that actually controlled the economy.

2- The prices of houses are going up rocket, but people still BUY, they must be really RICH ?

NO, no... these houses are bought by the elite rich Malays and Chinese, who have the wealth to do so. Some owning 10 houses or more. While the lower income group could not even afford a single home!  More so for fresh graduated, and Grade 17 civil servants and private sector staff  [Who would be lucky to purchase a home after 10-20 years working and living by renting houses, and saving the small income].

Tun Daim is RIGHT when he said "... for average Malaysians whose wages have remain stagnant for 20 years."  Salary of workers raise too LITTLE or SLOW to counter the HIGH costs of living today. That means, more SPENDING on meals/foods, amenities, paying bills, and LESS savings for the future!  That also means that the lower income group could not BUY a single house, with their little savings [and IF they are lucky enough, or smart enough to save their small income, they would only be able to purchase a home in 10-20 years time].


SOLUTIONS:

1- Please review and restructure the SALARY scheme of civil servant (and also the salary of private sector workers), to reflect the 'developed' country status (i.e. Malaysia as a developed country by 2020, means Malaysia SHOULD offer a first world or 'developed country' salary scheme to its workers).  

2- BUILD more home for the lower income group, QUALITY home please ! The government needs to ensure that only quality houses are built, according to international standards and criteria.

3- Please put more efforts in transforming the public transport system, I would love to take public transport IF only it is more efficient and effective, OKU friendly, the drivers are well-trained, and well-mannered - 'Service with a SMILE' !


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Source:
https://my.news.yahoo.com/high-income-status-meaningless-people-stay-poor-daim-103100361.html

High-income status meaningless if people stay poor, Daim says




KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Achieving high-income nation status will be hollow if most Malaysians still cannot afford their own homes or put food on their table, former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin said today.
In an indictment of the government’s development plans, Daim said the apparent rise in income inequality in Malaysia showed Putrajaya lacked the right policies to grow household income despite boasting of steady growth.
“It is meaningless that in our drive towards a high-income country, many of our brothers and sisters, sons, and daughters, neighbours still earn less than the poverty level.
“It is meaningless to thump our chest and proclaim that we are becoming a high-income developed country, if many of our brothers and sisters cannot afford to own a decent home,” Daim said in his keynote address on the launch of the book “The Colours of Inequality” here.
Last week a joint paper by the Universiti of Malaya (UM) and Khazanah Research Institute revealed that income inequality in Malaysia is worsening despite the national household income survey (HIS) showing the opposite.
The paper titled “Is inequality in Malaysia really going down?” observed that the value of residential property purchased by high-end buyers has grown more rapidly than the property purchased by low-end buyers over the years.
Daim noted today that home ownership has become a major problem for average Malaysians whose wages have remain stagnant for 20 years.
“Financial asset, or a lack of it, is a serious issue. Majority of Malaysians, across all ethnic groups, have extremely limited savings. This exposes them to great risks if emergencies occur.
“Property ownership is a cause for great concern with many Malaysians, especially those below the age of 40... housing has now become a financial asset class; in fact it has become an instrument of speculation, rather than something for us to live in,” he said.
The former finance minister then said the nation’s progress must not be measured solely in financial terms, but also needed to include the well-being of its citizens.
Putrajaya has launched various transformation programmes as part of its bid to make Malaysia a high-income and developed nation by 2020.
According to the government, the country’s gross national income (GNI) per capita has increased from US$7,059 (RM22,860) in 2009 to US$10,060 (RM32,600) last year, leaving the country with six years to hit the US$15,000 (RM48,577) target in 2020.

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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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