Consider This: Publication Bans — Who Decides What We Can Read?

The think tank Initiative to Promote Tolerance and Prevent Violence (INITIATE.MY) has recently launched a new open-source database that documents the publications and materials banned by the Home Affairs Ministry under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 (PPPA). How has the PPPA been used over the years, and what does it reveal about Malaysia’s changing political and social landscape? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Aizat Shamsuddin, Founder and Executive Director of INITIATE.MY and Larissa Ann Louis, Co-Chairperson of the Bar Council’s Committee on Constitutional Law and Human Rights.