Comparative study of enabling environments for associations and businesses 2015, para. 61
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The Special Rapporteur has highlighted a disturbing trend in Malaysia, where dozens of people have been charged with sedition following their criticism of the Government or its officials. The law has been applied to a range of individuals, including politicians, human rights defenders, academics, lawyers, students and journalists. However only associations - and not businesses - face deregistration if they, as an entity, violate the Sedition Act.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/266, para. 61.