The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said in a press release today (10 Oct) said it welcomed a decision by Malaysia's High Court to release unconditionally online journalist Raja Petra Kamarudin...

The Home Ministry will not dispute the court's decision to free blogger Raja Kamarudin Petra from his dettnion under the Internal Security Act, says its minister Syed Hamid Albar.

The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) welcomes the release of blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin today from his Internal Security Act (ISA) detention, which the Shah Alam High Court ruled as illegal.

"Malaysia Today" website operator and blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin said he was surprised with the High Court's decision here to release him from ISA (Internal Security Act) detention.

A Malaysian court ordered the release of the editor of an anti-government news Web site on Friday (7 Nov), ruling that his arrest under a law allowing indefinite incarceration was unlawful.

When I was out for assignments or conducting a telephone interview over the past two weeks, my interviewees would asked: "Are you all right? Is eveything ok?"

This morning I arrived at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court for the RPK sedition trial. However, the case was postponed to 11 and 12 November.

The Gerakan Youth and Wanita movements have repeated their calls on the government to review the Internal Security Act (ISA) so that it would not be exercised indiscriminately to detain members of the public.

A police superintendent told the Sessions Court here Wednesday (8 Oct) that the search he conducted in the house of blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin was legal and did not require a warrant.

It was an honour to join many other concerned Malaysians to greet RPK and show support for him when he arrived at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court in the morning of 6 Oct.