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The Malaysian government on Monday announced the creation of a special task force to look into whether there were criminal acts committed by the management of the 1 Malaysian Development Berhad (1MDB) . The task force is asked to identify and seize assets that were acquired from the illegal siphoning from the state fund. Former [...]

Former Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim received a royal pardon Wednesday and was released after serving three years of his five-year sentence. He was sentenced for sodomy in proceedings that were widely seen as politically motivated . Amnesty International had previously called Anwar’s imprisonment a human rights violation. Malaysia held elections on May 9—their first [...]

According to an Amnesty International report (AI) on Friday, "the ongoing political persecution of Anwar Ibrahim is symbolic of Malaysia's crackdown on human rights." According to Josef Benedict, AI's Deputy Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Anwar...

The Malaysian court of appeal ruled Wednesday that jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim can continue challenging the rejection of his petition for a royal pardon. Anwar, the former deputy prime minister, is serving a five-year jail sentence for...

A Malaysian federal court on Wednesday rejected a final appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to set aside his sodomy conviction. Anwar was convicted of sodomy in 2014 and sentenced to a five-year jail term. This...

India's high court on Thursday expressed concern over law and order following widespread protests over the arrest of a student leader for sedition. Kanhaiya Kumar, the head of the student union at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, was arrested ...

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has determined that the imprisonment of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was political and has urged his immediate release, according to a copy of their report released Monday...

The Parliament of Malaysia on Friday announced a change to the country's sedition law, which will strengthen government intervention upon seditious activity. Malaysia's original sedition law banned acts and speech expressing contempt against...

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was granted a furlough on Sunday to leave prison so that he could attend his father's funeral. Anwar was taken from the prison under heavy security to his father's house and will...

A Malaysian cartoonist known for his political caricatures was charged Friday with nine counts of sedition over a series of tweets criticizing the country's judiciary. Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, popularly referred to as Zunar, could be sentenced to...