Photo credit to IndiaToday Pusat KOMAS welcomes the ceasefire announcement by both the Israel and Hamas government after the recent unjust, inhumane and disproportionate military actions by the Israeli “apartheid” regime against the Palestinians in Gaza and the West...
Pusat KOMAS commends the swift action of the Southern Klang police department in detaining four individuals that were suspected to be involved in physically and verbally abusing two bodyguards on 14 April 2021. Additionally, KOMAS echoes the South Klang Police...
Responding to the opinion piece by Azril Mohd Amin, the founder of Centre for Human Rights Research & Advocacy (CENTHRA) – “How to not deepen divisions, spread misunderstanding” published in New Straits Times on April 2 2021, Pusat KOMAS welcomes CENTHRA’s...
All Malaysians know May 13th. We need no reminder. But too often this fractured nation is abused by politicians easily using this painful event in history to remind and threaten the nation into submission based on the perverted notions that this nation solely belongs to the historical epitaphs of the ruling majority. It cannot be so! It has been 47 years since the May 13 1969 incident and Malaysians are still trying to heal from the deep wounds. May 13 will forever remind us of the importance...
The working advocacy group on the national ratification on International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) had met up with senior officers of the Department of National Unity and Integration (JPNIN), Prime Minister Department. This meeting is the start for a quicker action on combating racial discrimination in Malaysia. The working group is led by Jerald Joseph, Director of Pusat KOMAS together with 9 other groups (SUARAM, PROHAM, Bar Council Human...
Pusat KOMAS launches the Malaysia Racial Discrimination Report 2015. For a copy of the report, please click below: Malaysia Racial Discrimination Report 2015
Pusat KOMAS will be organizing a report launch of “Malaysia Racial Discrimination Report 2015”. The launch event will be in a forum panel method, where the esteemed speakers will be sharing their insights on the topic of “The Current State of Racial Discrimination in Malaysia”. The details of the Malaysia Racial Discrimination Report 2015 launch is as below: Details: Date: 21st March 2016 Time: 10 am – 12.30 pm Venue: Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya The speakers for the launch and forum are as...
Kuala Lumpur, March 10: KOMAS is pleased with the decision of the magistrate court today to bring to close the 2 and half years persecution of Lena Hendry, a member of our organisation, for screening “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka” a documentary on war crimes in Sri Lanka. Magistrate Mohd. Rehan Mohd. Aris said that the Public Prosecutor had failed to prove a prima facie for the case and therefore the defense does not need to be called. In 2013, Lena Hendry was tasked to...
The STAR ONLINE Wednesday, 24 February 2016 | MYT 6:31 PM KUALA LUMPUR: The court has set Mar 10 for activist Lena Hendry to enter a defence against a charge of screening “No Fire Zone”, a documentary that had not been approved by the Censorship Board. Magistrate Mohd Rehan Mohd Aris said on Wednesday he would deliver a verdict after going through the submissions by the prosecution and defence. Lawyer New Sin Yew, who acted for Hendry, said the activist was entitled to an acquittal, as the...
Lena Hendry case will resume tommorow; Details as below. Please do show support. Date: 24th February 2016 Time: 2pm Place: Majistret Criminal Court 6, Left Wing, 2nd Floor, Duta Court Complex, Kuala Lumpur.
4 days of trial have ended with 7 witnesses called from the persecution side. The trial will continue on the 11th of February 2016 with the last prosecution witness at 9am Majistret Court 6 2nd Floor, Left Wing Duta Court Complex, Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur.
Pusat KOMAS condemns the attempts by certain individuals to turn the recent case of consumer rights which involves the sale and purchase between the buyer and seller of telephones at Kota Raya into a racial issue. Pusat KOMAS would also like to express our strongest objection to the violence and nonsensical responses by former soldier Mohd. Ali Baharom (Ali Tinju) who continued fanning the issue to incite hatred among different races. Instead of looking at the matter from the actual reason of...
Community Communication Centre (Komas) programme coordinator Lena Hendry has hit out at the government for violating her fundamental rights by prosecuting her over a Sri Lanka genocide documentary filmed two years ago. "I think the case has gone on too long. Prosecuting me for screening a film is definitely against my freedom of expression," Lena said outside the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court. She was charged with screening the documentary without the approval of the Film Censorship Board....