Tipping the scales: Do authorities have absolute discretion to ban books?
The banning of the book “Allah, Kebebasan dan Cinta” saw a popular radio host arrested, and almost led to a global bookstore brand being shut down. Here’s how the case unfolded. Malaysia has banned over 2,400 books, but few have generated as much legal controversy as this case, which was fought in court for nearly a decade.
Tipping the Scales is a video series on landmark court cases in Malaysia that upheld freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief produced by MCCHR in collaboration with The Fourth.
Produced by Toh Nyon Nyin & Asma Badr.
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Curated by the MCCHR team, this special library houses books, reports, and other monographs related to human rights and democracy in Malaysia. Our collections cover an extensive range of humanities and social science topics, including law, history, philosophy, politics, economics, and more.
Registered users can borrow from over 1,300 titles in the general collection or access law reports and other resources in the legal reference collection on-site. Students and researchers can access e-books, journal articles, and other electronic resources on human rights via the digital archive.
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