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Pusat KOMAS contemplates and writes about the situation of race, ethnicity, interracial relations etc. in Malaysia.

Malaysia is ready to say “No to Racism”

Mar 21, 2013

As we commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21st March 2013, we reflect on our nation’s history since independence. We ask how much have we moved forward in building one nation? Has Malaysia become a more integrated society? Do we live in mutual respect of all ethnicities in a spirit of unity and tolerance while cultivating multiculturalism? We celebrate the nation as it moves into a developed-country status boasting of good infrastructure in place....

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MAKING A STAND AGAINST RACISM THROUGH ICERD

Mar 19, 2013

Every year the United Nations sets aside March 21 as the day to celebrate inter-racial and ethnic diversity and to combat racism. It is a day to make a stand for the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination in our society and the world we live in. In many parts of world ethnic tensions and conflicts continue to exist. In all societies there is some element of prejudice and indifference among the different peoples of the world. However we cannot be complacent about these but must...

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Front Line Defenders submits report on Malaysia for UPR

Mar 12, 2013

Introduction: The following submission has been prepared by Front Line Defenders – The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders based on the research conducted by the organisation as well as information received from independent human rights defenders in Malaysia from February 2009 to March 2013. Front Line Defenders (www.frontlinedefenders.org) is an international NGO based in Ireland with special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the...

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Coalition of Malaysian NGOs in the UPR Process (COMANGO)

Mar 11, 2013

Malaysia should take the Universal Periodic Review more seriously – COMANGO PETALING JAYA - A coalition of 54 Malaysian NGOs submitted a report on human rights in Malaysia to the United Nations (UN) today. The report will be used in reviewing Malaysia during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in October this year. The UN Human Rights Council process reviews each of the 193 UN member states’ human rights records once every four and a half years. “The government made many commitments at...

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PUSAT KOMAS, IRF, PROJEK DIALOG AND CERD WORKING GROUP DECLARATION ON NATIONAL SOLIDARITY: “SAY NO TO RACISM!”

Mar 4, 2013

KOMAS, IRF and PROJEK DIALOG together with other civil society organizations have initiated a campaign to advocate the Malaysian government to ratify the INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (ICERD) The ICERD is a United Nation (UN) convention which commits its states to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of equality and unity among all races.  This convention defines racial discrimination and requires the states to create...

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