Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia

Freedom of speech is a vital element to humanity and for the foundation of a free society. The making and exhibition of films also falls under the free speech clause. Alike to other fundamental liberties, freedom of speech doesn’t have any absolute form and it is related to the reputation of others...

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Main Author:	Islam, Md. Zahidul
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	K Law (General) KZ Law of Nations
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spelling	iium-683152018-12-27T01:57:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68315/ Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia Islam, Md. Zahidul K Law (General) KZ Law of Nations Freedom of speech is a vital element to humanity and for the foundation of a free society. The making and exhibition of films also falls under the free speech clause. Alike to other fundamental liberties, freedom of speech doesn’t have any absolute form and it is related to the reputation of others like national security issues, public mental health and moral instincts. It is a contemporary debate that freedom of speech is restricted by the censorship laws. The aim of this paper is to identify the relationship between freedom of speech and expression concerning to censorship laws of Malaysia. It is a qualitative research. The information has been collected studying articles, books, newspapers and statutes. The restrictions on freedom of speech are acceptable for the interest of security of a state, public order and to establish friendly relationship with other foreign countries. In this case, censorship plays an important role to protect moral values and law of order situation in a country. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68315/1/Programmes%20agenda.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68315/2/Presentation-converted.pdf Islam, Md. Zahidul (2018) Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia. In: The 22nd Malaysian Consumer and Family Economics Association (MACFEA) International Conference 2018, 30th-31st Oct. 2018, Shah Alam, Selangor. (Unpublished) http://macfea.com.my/?page_id=989
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description	Freedom of speech is a vital element to humanity and for the foundation of a free society. The making and exhibition of films also falls under the free speech clause. Alike to other fundamental liberties, freedom of speech doesn’t have any absolute form and it is related to the reputation of others like national security issues, public mental health and moral instincts. It is a contemporary debate that freedom of speech is restricted by the censorship laws. The aim of this paper is to identify the relationship between freedom of speech and expression concerning to censorship laws of Malaysia. It is a qualitative research. The information has been collected studying articles, books, newspapers and statutes. The restrictions on freedom of speech are acceptable for the interest of security of a state, public order and to establish friendly relationship with other foreign countries. In this case, censorship plays an important role to protect moral values and law of order situation in a country.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Islam, Md. Zahidul
author_facet	Islam, Md. Zahidul
author_sort	Islam, Md. Zahidul
title	Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia
title_short	Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia
title_full	Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia
title_sort	contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in malaysia
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Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia

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