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: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2018
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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.
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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 Proceeding Paper 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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Islam, Md. Zahidul
Contemporary debate on freedom of speech and expression concerning to film censorship laws in Malaysia
title 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_short 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
topic K Law (General)
KZ Law of Nations
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/68315/1/Programmes%20agenda.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/68315/2/Presentation-converted.pdf