The Importance Of Freedom Of Expression

When we talk about freedom, the things that come to mind is Freedom of Expression. Freedom of Expression is about the right of an individual to express the ideas and the opinions through communications, writing, speech but not causing harm to others and not contravene to the law. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) of the Article 19 said that “ Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; the right includes the right to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” There are many Article that are related to the Freedom and Control of the media. There are a research from World Press Freedom Index 2014 with the title “Biggest

The beginning of this Act is to fight against the Communist so British colonial government enacted the Act. The sedition may be includes word or conduct that may against the peace or the authority of the state. It also may be in writing or orally on discussing race, ethnicity and also religion which often see in racial terms in Malaysia. To the prosecutor, this legal anxiously much favouritisms according to some of the media commentators. To another means, seditious is not only a legal but a political issue too. Those who crime can be fined above RM5000 or imprisoned above three

Parit Buntar MP Datuk Mujahid Yusof Rawa who are a panellist the International Malaysia Law Conference’s National Unity and Harmony said before to unite Malaysians, more media freedom is needed. The media is control by the Act although there are some freedom on it. But as a citizens of Malaysia, I hope that I can receive the real news instead of after changing the stories or making some corrections before reported to the public. There need some changes of the Act such as The Printing Presses and Publication 1948, the registration system should be stopped and revoked the false news. Next, licences should be made available for public radio which on social value than only available funds and political connections. For the Deformation Act 1957, there are something that might be improve that is the journalist shouldn’t be legally responsible if they has the professional standards concerns to reasonable