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Human Rights Lawyer, Eric Paulsen, Is The First Person To Be Charged With Sedition In 2015
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14 JAN: Eric Paulsen Released On Bail And Maintains His Tweet Was Within His Legal Rights
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Paulsen Had No Problems With Police Treatment And Kept Mum On The Investigation
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13 JAN: On Monday night, 12 Jan 2015, Eric Paulsen was picked up by the police in Brickfields to be investigated under the Sedition Act 1948
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Eric Paulsen, co-founder and executive director of Lawyers for Liberty, a human rights and law reform organisation, is the first to be investigated under the sedition act in 2015
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A few days ago, Eric Paulsen posted on Twitter insinuating that Jakim's Friday sermons are endorsing extremism and should be addressed by the government
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The tweet had caused an uproar and has since been removed after receiving backlash, as well as a few death threats
However, Eric Paulsen has provided clarification that the tweet was in regards to Jakim as a government agency. It wasn't his intention to insult Islam.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is having none of it and wants Paulsen held for sedition over his remark
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Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, Asia Division Phil Robertson is shocked by the arrest of Paulsen, criticising the actions of our government
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