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DAP's Seri Delima assemblyman RSN Rayer who is facing two charges of sedition had his cases fixed on Jul 2 in the Sessions Courts in George Town today. Rayer's 'celaka' sedition cases adjourned againwww.malaysiakini.comHowever, he fails to postpone the cases pending Azmi Sharom&# …

The Dewan Negara yesterday passed the Sedition Bill (Amendment) 2015 after a heated debate by 21 senators. http://ow.ly/Mgfdi Senate passes Sedition (Amendment) Bill 2015www.malaysiakini.comFREE SENATE The Dewan Negara, which sat for 10 days, adjourned sine die yesterday. Malaysiakini’s Facebo …

'Has Gerakan forgotten victims of Sedition Act?' – DAP declares Gerakan has lost its moral compass in voting to strengthen it. http://owl.li/2XA1F7 'Has Gerakan forgotten the victims of Sedition Act?'owl.liDAP declares Gerakan lost its moral compass in voting to strengthen …

Gerakan defends sedition vote, says it can unseat DAP – ‘Our proposed changes to the bill were taken up… why should we lose out?’ asks Simpang Renggam MP Liang. http://owl.li/2XyDDa Gerakan defends sedition vote, says it can unseat DAPowl.li‘Our proposed changes to the bill were taken up… why …

During the wee hours of last Friday, amendments were made to the Sedition Act 1948 reinforcing this archaic law with more powers besides imposing harsher penalties. http://ow.ly/LJkka Who were the 108 who voted on the Sedition bill?www.malaysiakini.comAfter an arduous process, Malaysiakini manages t …

"Malaysia has decided to strengthen the Sedition Act, instead of repealing it as previously announced. This can have implications for the exercise of freedom of expression as demonstrated by recent controversial instances of application of the Act." http://ow.ly/LFPQB EU says respect right …

The Sedition Act (Amendment) Bill was passed with amendments after a gruelling 12-hour debate at 2.30am Friday through voice vote. There is no tally of MPs who voted for or against the bill in the final vote as there was no request for bloc voting. This is the third time bills are passed past midnig …

Amendments to the Sedition Act passed by the Dewan Rakyat in the wee hours of Friday does not give the government a free ticket to oppress dissenters, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said. http://ow.ly/LpYHu Criticism against gov't now not seditiouswww.malaysiakini.comUPDATED 5.05AM Zahid says …

Debating the Sedition Act amendment bill, he questioned if some female non-Muslim Pakatan MPs were menstruating when visiting mosques in their constituencies. "If women as elected representatives go for breaking fast events in the mosque compound that's fine, but if they enter the mosque, …

"No, I think it is not proper for him to be tried under the Sedition Act," Musa said in a press conference held in Petaling Jaya. http://ow.ly/LnrCc Dr M's queries not seditious, says ex-IGP Musawww.malaysiakini.comMusa said it is not proper for Mahathir to be tried under the Sedition …

Putrajaya has amended several provisions in the bill to amend to the Sedition Act 1948, following complaints from backbenchers and opposition MPs. http://ow.ly/Lnijx 'No bail' clause in Sedition Bill removedwww.malaysiakini.comLast minute changes made after protests from BN and Pakatan MPs …

YOURSAY | When sedition is worse than murder: ‘With this law passed, Umno is going to rule forever.’ Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/294722 [FREE] When sedition is worse than murderwww.malaysiakini.comFREE YOURSAY ‘With this law passed, Umno is going to rule forever.’ Malaysiakini’ …

A provision under the proposed Sedition Act 1948 amendment will trap opposition politicians and civil society groups with a non-bailable offence, said Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad. http://ow.ly/LhEVj Sedition Act provision can 'trap' oppositionwww.malaysiakini.comKhalid Samad says opposition …

Sedition Act is the new ISA – COMMENT The Internal Security Act has all but been resurrected. http://ow.ly/2X4lsT Sedition Act is the new ISAwww.malaysiakini.comCOMMENT The Internal Security Act has all but been resurrected. Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall

Political cartoonist Zunar will be slapped with a record nine sedition charges, purportedly over comments he made over Twitter. Zunar to face a record nine sedition chargeswww.malaysiakini.comLatheefa Koya says the total bail needed to be raised might be RM45,000. Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall