A prominent anti-government blogger in Malaysia has been detained for two years' on charges of insulting Islam.
Raja Petra Kamarudin has been held without trial under controversial internal security laws which could see him detained indefinitely.
His lawyer has described the detention order as "a big blow to the idea of civil liberties" in Malaysia.
Raja Petra was arrested two weeks ago in a crackdown on political dissent by the Malaysian government.
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(BBC)
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