Bar Council upset with arrests

The Star | The Bar Council will lodge a report at the Dang Wangi police station today against City Hall officers for manhandling human rights lawyer Edmund Bon, removing banners placed at the council’s premises, and trespassing. Edmund tried to stop the officers from removing the banners.

Edmund Bon and 4 other lawyers released on bail

The Malaysian Bar | At the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court where lawyers were charged over the Human Rights Day events, the entire Bar was kept apprised of the proceedings in court by minute-to-minute real-time reporting. Edmund Bon was released on RM1,000 bail while others, including Amer Hamzah Arshad, were released on RM2,000 bail.

“This is outrageous!”, Bar screams over arrest of Edmund Bon

Malaysian Bar | The Chairman of the Bar Council’s Human Rights Committee, Edmund Bon, was arrested after stopping some officers from the Kuala Lumpur City Council from removing banners and placards hung on the premises of the Bar Council Secretariat.

Police arrest Bar Council rights committee chief over festival banners

Malaysiakini | The police have arrested the Bar Council Human Rights Committee chairperson Edmund Bon allegedly for preventing local authorities from removing banners outside the Malaysian Bar building. The Bar Council had put up banners and posters related to its “Festival of Rights” at a booth outside its building and around its premises.

Human rights march: 5 lawyers arrested

Malaysiakini | The police have arrested five lawyers — N. Surendran, Latheefa Koya, R. Sivarasa, Eric Paulsen, and Amer Hamzah — and three others, after a failed attempt by the organisers of the Human Rights Day march to negotiate with the police to allow them to finish. The police also arrested Edmund Bon for preventing the authorities from performing their duty outside the Malaysian Bar building.

Defiant lawyers to march on Sunday

Malaysiakini | The Human Rights Day march was called off but some lawyers will still march to send a message that Malaysians have the right to a peaceful assembly. Edmund Bon said the Bar Council will move its “Festival of Rights” to its own building due to police insistence that a permit be sought for the event at Central Market, which the lawyers cannot do, on a day meant to

When Lawyers Walk

Pusat KOMAS | The Malaysian Bar went on a “Walk of Justice” over the video clip showing a prominent lawyer purportedly brokering the appointment of judges with a senior judge. The march was organised by the then Deputy Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the Malaysian Bar, Amer Hamzah Arshad, and the then Chair of the Human Rights Committee, Edmund Bon Tai Soon, among others.

Walk for Justice: “When lawyers walk, something must be very wrong”

The Malaysian Bar | “Lawyers don’t walk everyday. Not even every month. But when they walk, then something must be very wrong,” said Chairman of the Bar Council Ambiga Sreenevasan when addressing a strong crowd of more than 2,000 members of the Malaysian Bar and some concerned citizens at the Palace of Justice before the commencement of the walk to the Prime Minister’s office to hand over the Bar’s memorandum

Bar Council upset with arrests

The Star | The Bar Council will lodge a report at the Dang Wangi police station today against City Hall officers for manhandling human rights lawyer Edmund Bon, removing banners placed at the council’s premises, and trespassing. Edmund tried to stop the officers from removing the banners.

Edmund Bon and 4 other lawyers released on bail

The Malaysian Bar | At the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court where lawyers were charged over the Human Rights Day events, the entire Bar was kept apprised of the proceedings in court by minute-to-minute real-time reporting. Edmund Bon was released on RM1,000 bail while others, including Amer Hamzah Arshad, were released on RM2,000 bail.

“This is outrageous!”, Bar screams over arrest of Edmund Bon

Malaysian Bar | The Chairman of the Bar Council’s Human Rights Committee, Edmund Bon, was arrested after stopping some officers from the Kuala Lumpur City Council from removing banners and placards hung on the premises of the Bar Council Secretariat.

Police arrest Bar Council rights committee chief over festival banners

Malaysiakini | The police have arrested the Bar Council Human Rights Committee chairperson Edmund Bon allegedly for preventing local authorities from removing banners outside the Malaysian Bar building. The Bar Council had put up banners and posters related to its “Festival of Rights” at a booth outside its building and around its premises.

Human rights march: 5 lawyers arrested

Malaysiakini | The police have arrested five lawyers — N. Surendran, Latheefa Koya, R. Sivarasa, Eric Paulsen, and Amer Hamzah — and three others, after a failed attempt by the organisers of the Human Rights Day march to negotiate with the police to allow them to finish. The police also arrested Edmund Bon for preventing the authorities from performing their duty outside the Malaysian Bar building.

Defiant lawyers to march on Sunday

Malaysiakini | The Human Rights Day march was called off but some lawyers will still march to send a message that Malaysians have the right to a peaceful assembly. Edmund Bon said the Bar Council will move its “Festival of Rights” to its own building due to police insistence that a permit be sought for the event at Central Market, which the lawyers cannot do, on a day meant to

When Lawyers Walk

Pusat KOMAS | The Malaysian Bar went on a “Walk of Justice” over the video clip showing a prominent lawyer purportedly brokering the appointment of judges with a senior judge. The march was organised by the then Deputy Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the Malaysian Bar, Amer Hamzah Arshad, and the then Chair of the Human Rights Committee, Edmund Bon Tai Soon, among others.

Walk for Justice: “When lawyers walk, something must be very wrong”

The Malaysian Bar | “Lawyers don’t walk everyday. Not even every month. But when they walk, then something must be very wrong,” said Chairman of the Bar Council Ambiga Sreenevasan when addressing a strong crowd of more than 2,000 members of the Malaysian Bar and some concerned citizens at the Palace of Justice before the commencement of the walk to the Prime Minister’s office to hand over the Bar’s memorandum