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Malaysia: Ongoing judicial harassment against Ms. Lena Hendry

Nov 8, 2013

New information MYS 001 / 0713 / OBS 064.3  Judicial harassment Malaysia November 7, 2013 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Malaysia. New information: The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the ongoing judicial harassment...

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More attention and action needed on human right

Oct 28, 2013

Press release: The Coalition of Malaysian NGOs for the UPR Process (COMANGO), Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS) and the Bar Council through its Human Rights Committee concur with Dato’ Ho May Yong, Deputy Secretary-General, Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and head of the government delegation to the Universal Periodic Review of Malaysia: much more attention and action is needed on human rights in Malaysia. At the 2nd Universal Periodic Review of Malaysia, which was...

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Stop ethnic and religious fanaticism in Malaysia!

Oct 22, 2013

It is indeed very troubling to note several very upsetting incidents touching on ethnic and religious issues that happened in Malaysia over the past few weeks. The controversial court verdict on the using of the word “Allah” by Non- Muslims is one. Another is the slaughtering of cows in public schools. While we react and jump at these issues, these issues are mere symptoms of the larger issue at stake here which is the systemic politicization of race and religion for vested interests by...

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DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST MALAYSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER LENA HENDRY NO TO PRE-CENSORSHIP OR PRIOR APPROVAL FOR USAGE OF FILM/VIDEOS

Oct 4, 2013

We, the 112 undersigned civil society groups, trade unions and organizations are shocked that the Malaysian government, after the recent General Election has resorted to charging human rights defender Lena Hendry on 19 September 2013 for being involved in the screening of a documentary "No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka" at a human rights event in Kuala Lumpur on 9 July 2013. Lena Hendry was charged for an offence under the Film Censorship Act 2002, in connection with the screening...

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Pusat KOMAS Fund Raising Dinner – 20 Years with the people

Jun 10, 2013

Pusat KOMAS is 20 years old this year and we will be celebrating it with all of you in our very first fund raising dinner. The theme for the event is "20 Years with the People”. For the past few years, KOMAS has been struggling with limited funds to continue our work of advocating for democracy & human rights in Malaysia. Despite this setback KOMAS has never dwindled nor hesitated in our quest for democratic reforms and improvement of human rights in this country. The fund raising dinner...

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Reject “Racial Politics”

May 9, 2013

Pusat KOMAS and Ratify ICERD working group is greatly troubled by the statement of analysis the GE-13 is based on ethnic lines. We believe that an election loss or won is caused by a combination of factor, namely on the performance of incumbants, parties as well as promises made. We denounce the statement of Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam for calling it a “Chinese Tsunami”. It is the people's tsunami. The current elections showed the...

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Global donation drive to help GE13 voters from Sabah,Sarawak

Apr 12, 2013

THREE Malaysian NGOs have joined hands to launch a PayPal-based global donation drive to help registered voters from Sabah and Sarawak meet the costs of airfare returning to their hometowns from Peninsular Malaysia to vote.   JomBalikUndi (JBU), the Facebook social media campaign encouraging citizens to fly home to vote, has teamed popular communication centre for human rights, Komas and Focus on Sarawak (FOS) for the donation drive, which was launched today.   All donations will be...

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KOMAS Hangout: GE-13 Whats At Stake

Apr 2, 2013

We are fast approaching the 13th General election. The nation is ready to choose! This  General elections is the most anticipated elections in the history of Malaysia. The wave of political power within Malaysians since the last elections, continues.   Whats in store for all? The Google Hangout explores the issues at stake in the current situation which may impact the outcome of the 13th General elections. Dato' Ambiga, the leader of Bersih, demanding for a free and fair elections, will be...

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