DSAI - Media Statement

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Citizens In Solidarity with Raja Petra and Freedom of Speech !

KENYATAAN MEDIA

25 Julai 2007

Saya mengecam tekanan terbaru dari pihak kerajaan dan polis terhadap pengendali laman Malaysia Today, Raja Petra Kamaruddin.

Tindakan ke atas Raja Petra ini bermula dengan laporan polis dan disusuli oleh ucapan-ucapan mengkritik pengendali blog oleh beberapa pimpinan UMNO termasuk Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak. Ini merupakan siri terbaru tekanan terhadap pengendali laman web dan blog selepas penahanan setiausaha saya Nathaniel Tan baru-baru ini.

Saya menyeru agar pihak polis menggunakan masa mereka untuk menyiasat dakwaan rasuah melibatkan pelbagai pimpinan kerajaan yang disiarkan di Malaysia Today dan membanteras jenayah yang sudah menjadi-jadi. Sudah begitu banyak laporan yang dibuat terhadap pimpinan kerajaan dahulu dan sekarang yang tidak disiasat langsung, tetapi laporan terhadap pengendali laman web mendapat tindakan segera polis.

Rakyat Malaysia memerlukan pemimpin yang bersifat terbuka dan memandang ke hadapan, bukannya yang masih terikut-ikut dengan budaya politik lama dan tidak dapat menerima realiti teknologi hari ini. Ketika pemimpin UMNO hebat menuntut pengendali blog untuk bertanggungjawab di atas penulisan mereka, saya menyeru pemimpin UMNO dan polis agar jangan lupa amanah mereka kepada rakyat.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

MEDIA STATEMENT

25 July 2007

I condemn the intimidation by the government and police towards Malaysia Today's webmaster, Raja Petra Kamaruddin.

The action against Raja Petra began as a police report and followed by speeches criticising bloggers by a few UMNO leaders including Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak. This is the latest intimidation on webmasters and bloggers following the arrest of my secretary Nathaniel Tan recently.

I demand the police to use their time to investigate the numerous allegations of corruption involving government leaders published by Malaysia Today and to fight the rising rate of crime that is plaguing the country. Various reports have been made on present and former government leaders that have not been followed up, yet a report against a webmaster is immediately investigated by the police.

Malaysians need open-minded and forward-thinking leaders, not those still trapped by an outdated political culture and unable to grasp the technological realities of today. At a time when UMNO leaders are demanding bloggers to be responsible for their writing, I urge the UMNO leaders and police not to forget their responsibilities towards the Malaysian rakyat.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

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Barred from Attending Military Court Session

Ramsey Clark Barred from Attending Military Court Session Ikhwanweb [0] 15/7/2007

The Egyptian Security Forces have prevented Mr. Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney General, and Yvonne Ridley British journalist, from attending the today’s session of the military trial for 33 Muslim Brotherhood leaders.

It’s worth mentioning that although the Haickstep Military Base is located in a military zone and controlled by the Egyptian army, however, police is in full control on the ground.

During the first two sessions, government has also denied access to representatives from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Arab Human Rights organization.

Muhammad Sulaiman محمد سليمان

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Ramsey Clark Opposes Mubarak's Violation of Basic Rights

Egypt military trial condemned Courtesy Gulf News: Published: Tuesday, 17 July, 2007, 01:16 AM Doha Time

CAIRO: Former US attorney general Ramsey Clark yesterday condemned the military trials of members of Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood and called on President Hosni Mubarak to release them. “The arrest and detention once again of the Muslim Brotherhood is an outrageous violation of fundamental human rights,” Clark, 79, told reporters at the Egyptian Bar Association a day after being barred from attending the trial. “I’ve been in political trials on six continents.. . I have never been excluded from a court in any of these trials,” he said. “What does the government of Egypt fear? What is it ashamed of doing that it can’t do in broad daylight as the law requires?” Clark led a delegation of rights activists that included former Sunday Express British journalist turned Islamic activist Yvonne Ridley to Sunday’s session of the military trial of 40 leading Brotherhood activists. Together with a court observer from Amnesty International, the delegation was barred from entering the court which is on a military base. The Brotherhood members have been charged with funding an illegal organisation and money-laundering — charges they were originally acquitted from in a civil court. Over the past 10 years, Mubarak’s government has repeatedly relied on military tribunals, which have a more consistent rate of conviction, to try Islamist organisations. The latest crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, which while banned holds a fifth of the seats in parliament, began last December and has targeted the organisation’ s funding mechanisms, freezing the assets and arresting prominent businessmen associated with the movement. “I ask the government and President Mubarak to recognise the error of what they have done and to embrace these defendants as worthy Muslims and release them,” Clark said. An attorney general in the 1960s, Clark went on to become an anti-war activist and has joined the defence teams at a number of high profile trials, including that of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussain and Egyptian cleric Omar Abdel Rahman. – AFP

MEDIA STATEMENT (KENYATAAN MEDIA) -DSAI

4 Julai 2007

Keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini untuk mengenepikan saman fitnah terhadap Dr. Mahathir Mohamed tanpa membenarkannya dibawa ke perbicaraan terbuka jelas sekali suatu ketidakadilan yang nyata terhadap dir saya, keluarga saya dan rakan-rakan saya. Keputusan ini juga menggambarkan kedudukan keadilan di Malaysia. Di dalam mencapai keputusannya, Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat telah memilih untuk tidak mengendahkan hujah-hujah perundangan yang saya bentangkan kepada mahkamah untuk memberikan sebab mengapa Dr. Mahathir mesti menjawab saman saya kerana membuat kenyataan liar dan berniat jahat terhadap peribadi saya. Di atas sebab-sebab itu membuatkan saya terpaksa menyatakan keputusan ini langsung tiada nilai perundangan. Saya telah mengarahkan para peguam saya untuk memfailkan rayuan serta-merta.

ANWAR IBRAHIM


MEDIA STATEMENT

4 July 2007

The decision by the High Court today to strike out my defamation suit against Dr Mahathir Mohamed without hearing the case in open court is clearly a gross injustice to me and my family and friends. It is also a reflection of the state of justice in Malaysia. In coming to her decision, Judicial Commissioner Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat has chosen to ignore the overwhelming body of legal arguments that I have presented to the court as to why Dr Mahathir must answer my suit for making those scurrilous and malicious remarks about me. Under the circumstances, I am compelled to say that this decision is utterly devoid of any legal merit. I have instructed my lawyers to file for an appeal at once.

ANWAR IBRAHIM