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PHNOM PENH: US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order aimed at shuttering Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and several other news organisations that receive funding from the US government.
KUALA LUMPUR: All parties are reminded to be careful in expressing their views on religion because freedom of expression is not a ticket or an excuse to insult or belittle the religious beliefs of others.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -A group of embassies in Budapest, including European powers but not the United States, have expressed their concern in a joint statement over a law passed by Hungary's ruling party that bans the Pride march by the LGBTQ+ community.
It is hoped that the government will continue to uphold freedom of expression within the confines of the law, while enforcing a new licensing requirement for social media platforms and Internet messaging services with at least eight million users.
PARIS (Reuters) - France's constitutional court on Friday ruled local politicians can be barred from office immediately if convicted of a crime, leaving the door open for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to potentially be barred from the 2027 presidential race in an embezzlement trial concluding on Monday.
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PUTRAJAYA: The government will defend academics’ right to freedom of expression as long as they are evidential and based in fact, says Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir.
PUTRAJAYA: The government will defend academics’ right to freedom of expression as long as they are evidential and based on facts, says Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir.
SHAH ALAM: The Online Safety Bill that the government will table soon aims to curb criminal activities on social media, not to restrict freedom of expression, says Fahmi Fadzil.
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Unity Ministry's initiative to regulate the spread of hate speech is timely, but it should not suppress freedom of expression, according to Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.
KOTA KINABALU: A decision by community leaders in Keningau to summon activist Fahmi Reza over his controversial caricature of Sabah’s Tuan Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Musa Aman has sparked debate on balancing native customary law and freedom of expression.
(Reuters) - Drivers competing in the World Rally Championship (WRC) will stay silent, or speak only in their own languages, in stage-end interviews at this week's Kenya Safari Rally in protest at the governing FIA's ban on swearing.
KUALA LUMPUR: Media practitioners in Malaysia should exercise freedom of expression responsibly, without jeopardising harmony or causing chaos, says Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) president Datuk Yong Soo Heong.
ABOUT 50 journalists and civil society members handed over a memorandum opposing several proposals to amend laws that could affect press freedom and freedom of expression.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's local elections on Sunday were competitive and gave citizens many options but took place in a "starkly polarised environment" where more needs to be done to ensure freedom of expression, a European group of observers said on Monday.
MEDAN: An Indonesian court sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison Monday (March 10) for a remark online about Jesus' hair, a local official said, in a case condemned by rights groups as excessive.
KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed Online Safety Act aims to empower social media users while upholding freedom of expression, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.
KUALA LUMPUR: The right to speak and the freedom of our people must be preserved and defended, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
